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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Revenue

Article L3662-4

…é aux collectivités territoriales, mentionné au b du 2° du B du I de l'article 49 de la loi n° 2005-1719 du 30 décembre 2005 de finances pour 2006. II. - (Repealed).

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VIII: GUARANTEES GRANTED TO LOCAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES

Article L1881-1

…366 of 31 March 2015 L. 1621-2 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 L. 1621-3La loi n° 2021-771 du 17 juin 2021 ratifiant les ordonnances n° 2021-45 du 20 janvier 2021 et n° 2021-71 du 27 janvier 202…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R114-10

…ditions of recruitment, employment and remuneration of contract staff paid from the Centre's budget;17° Legal proceedings and settlements, as well as recourse to arbitration in the event of disputes a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of cinemas

Article R212-12

…cle…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 235 ter ZD

…e, that its acquisition gives rise to a transfer of ownership, within the meaning of Article L. 211-17 of the same code, and that this security is issued by a company whose registered office is locate…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant

Article D2334-4-1

I. - The inventory provided for in article L. 2334-17 is drawn up by the legal entity that owns the property. It includes the following information: A.-General data concerning: 1° The owner: name or c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-3

I.-The "socially useful solidarity enterprise" approval provided for in Article L. 3332-17-1 is issued by the prefect of the département in which the enterprise has its registered office. When the com…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1679 septies

Companies whose business value added contribution for the year preceding the year of taxation exceeds €1,500 must pay:- no later than 15 June of the year of taxation, a first instalment equal to 50% o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-6-1

…ratio between the proportion of total recipients of housing benefit, as defined in Article L. 2334-17, in the total number of dwellings in the department and this same proportion recorded in all urba…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article L643-8

…p or retention enforceable against the collective proceedings and the provisions of articles L. 622-17 and L. 641-13, the amount of distributable assets is allocated in the following order: 1° Subsidi…

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