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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-9

…econd paragraph of Article L. 2334-2, authenticated at 1 January 2009, is 10% or more lower than in 2008, the basic allocation provided for in 1° of I of Article L. 2334-7 accruing to this municipalit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Provisions applicable to certain contracts concluded for properties located in priority development areas

Article 239 sexies D

…st fifteen years. These provisions apply to transactions entered into between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 2015 for the leasing, under a leasing contract, of buildings located in regional aid areas…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Agreement-based mediation and conciliation

Article 1535

…ther Member State of the European Union under the conditions provided for in Article 6 of Directive 2008/52/EC of 21 May 2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain aspects of mediat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3a: Departmental Mobilisation Fund for Integration

Article L3334-16-2

…tment of Reunion. The départements participating, pursuant to article 43 of law no. 2021-1900 of 30 December 2021 on finance for 2022, in the experiment relating to the recentralisation of the solidar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Special provisions for airports

Article L5125-7-1

…an airport in the airside zone or in the landside zone within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 establishing common rules in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation

Article R2442-1

…Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, as amended by Decrees no. 2006-1660 of 22 December 2006, no. 2008-588 of 19 June 2008, no. 2012-360 of 14 March 2012, no. 2016-273 of 4 March…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AI

Additive manufacturing equipment acquired or created between 1 October 2015 and 31 December 2017 may be subject to exceptional depreciation over twenty-four months from the date on which it is brought…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Training for those involved in collective bargaining

Article R2212-3

…civil servants and the training actions mentioned in articles 2 and 3 of decree no. 2007-1942 of 26 December 2007 relating to the professional training of non-tenured employees of the State and its pu…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Personalised interview at the start of the republican integration programme

Article R413-9

…ges as adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in its recommendation CM/Rec (2008)7 of 2 July 2008.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-1

…der the conditions laid down in the first paragraph of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of 17 December 2012. The European patent with unitary effect takes effect in France on the day of publi…

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