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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules governing the operations of sociétés de crédit foncier (building societies)

Article L513-14

…oncier, with the exception of the four-year statute of limitations covered by Law no. 68-1250 of 31 December 1968 relating to the statute of limitations on claims against the State, departments, munic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Universal guarantee fund for rental risks

Article R426-5

…umption of the State's share of unpaid rent claims pursuant toarticle 85 of law no. 2007-1824 of 25 December 2007 on amended finance for 2007; 5° Deposits with a credit institution authorised in a Mem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°f: Defence restructuring zones

Article 1383 I

…ir own tax authority may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from property tax on built-up properties the properties located in the defence re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1465 B

Article 1465 also applies for transactions carried out from 1 January 2009 until 31 December 2023 in investment aid zones for small and medium-sized enterprises and within the limits provided for by A…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 6: Accounting and financial organisation of the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service (R)

Article R1424-32

…the provisional amount of revenue for the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service on 15 December of the year preceding the financial year, this is equal, taking into account, where applica…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-18

…by the general interoperability reference framework mentioned in Article 11 of Ordinance no. 2005-1516 of 8 December 2005 relating to electronic exchanges between users and administrative authorities…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounts and deposits

Article R754-1

…2018R. 312-1-2no. 2018-970 of 8 November 2018R. 312-4-1n° 2013-931 of 17 October 2013R. 312-4-2n° 2016-1811 of 22 December 2016R. 312-4-3n° 2020-889 of 20 July 2020R. 312-4-4n° 2018-229 of 30 March 20…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3142-8

…ode des pensions civiles et militaires de retraites and in Article 34 of Decree no. 2003-1306 of 26 December 2003 relating to the retirement scheme for civil servants affiliated to the Caisse national…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article A711-1

…mmittee of the chambers of commerce and industry provided for in article 1 of law no. 52-1311 of 10 December 1952 relating to the compulsory establishment of a statute for the administrative staff of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-94-1

…upervisory board memberships in companies that are controlled, within the meaning of article L. 233-16, by the company in which a mandate under the first paragraph is held. By way of derogation from t…

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