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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions.

Article L5214-23

The revenues of the budget of the communauté de communes include:1° The tax resources mentioned in II or, where applicable, I of Article 1379-0 bis of the General Tax Code, as well as those mentioned…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-15-2

For insurance contracts covering natural persons outside their professional activities and falling within the branches or categories of contracts defined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, the insured m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261 C

The following are exempt from value added tax:1° Banking and financial transactions:a.The granting and negotiation of loans, the management of loans carried out by the person who granted them, securit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The national member of Eurojust

Article 695-8-2

…The national member shall be informed by the public prosecutor, the public prosecutor or the investigating judge of ongoing investigations or proceedings and of convictions relating to cases that may…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1463 B

…eptdecies that they have created between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023, from the year following that of their creation.For seven years from the year following their creation, the exemption appli…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1463 A

…sexdecies that they have created between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2023, from the year following that of their creation.For seven years from the year following their creation, the exemption appli…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1466 F

…I of l'article 1639 A bis, the net taxable base for business property tax of establishments existing on 1 January 2009 in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion or Mayotte or which are cre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets

Article R128-6

The following may be recipients of information and personal data recorded in the national file of persons prohibited from managing: 1° Pursuant to 3° of Article L. 128-2 :a) Judicial police officers o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conformity

Article R752-44

…f the project, of each business whose sales area reaches or exceeds 300 m2 ; c) The number of parking spaces mentioned in g of 1° of I of the same article, before and after completion of the project,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article R211-4

…his representative;2° Seven State representatives appointed by the Minister they represent, including two representatives of the Minister for Sport, one representative of the Minister for Health, one…

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