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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Procedures for drawing up and issuing the payment notice for the parking charge

Article R2333-120-9

…rs who, on the date provided for in the first paragraph of V of Article 63 of Law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014, are sworn to record paid parking offences retain the benefit of this swearing for the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition.

Article R6152-318

…he management staff of the establishments mentioned in 1° and 2° of article 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service, appointed on the propos…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 B ter

…et. The taxpayer mentions the amount of the capital gain in the declaration provided for in article 170. These provisions also apply when the contribution is made with a balancing payment provided tha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° Tax credit for expenditure on the production of phonographic works

Article 220 octies

…of a microenterprise given in Article 2(3) of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R444-3

…icle L. 421-16 is deleted; 16° In article R. 421-14, the reference to article L. 421-16 is deleted; 17° In article R. 421-15, the references to articles L. 421-9, L. 421-10, L. 421-11 as well as to th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Buildings financed by state-subsidised loans

Article 1384 B

…anisations falling within the scope of the first paragraph are set by decree.Housing leased, from 1 January 2005, under the conditions set by the articles L. 252-1 to L. 252-4 of the construction and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 8: Payment to finance mobility services

Article L2333-67

…licable from the sixth year onwards is reduced to a maximum of 1%. However, this period runs from 1 January 2004 for local authorities whose decisions setting a rate higher than 1% were taken prior to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of works by providers of online content-sharing services

Article L137-2

…dual users or to the processing of personal data except where this is in compliance with Act No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties and Regulation (EU) 201…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Merger

Article L5212-27

…he financial and asset conditions provided for in the fifth and sixth paragraphs of Article L. 5211-17.The syndicate resulting from the merger is automatically substituted, for the exercise of its pow…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation grants

Article L3334-7-1

…n of the third and fifth paragraphs of article L. 3334-11 as it stood prior to Finance Act no. 2005-1719 of 30 December 2005 for 2006, indexed according to the rates of change in general government gr…

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