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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1135 bis

…ned between the date of publication of loi n° 2002-92 du 22 janvier 2002 relative à la Corse and 31 December 2012, immovable property and immovable property rights located in Corsica are exempt from d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 C

…article 5 de la loi n° 96-1241 du 30 décembre 1996 précitée.The amount of this tax is set before 31 December each year, for the following year, within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of Art…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 D

…article 5 de la loi n° 96-1241 du 30 décembre 1996 précitée.The amount of this tax is set before 31 December each year, for the following year, within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of Art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article L612-20

…articles L. 511-41, L. 522-14, L. 526-27 and L. 533-2 of this Code or Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on prudential requiremen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation

Article L512-49

…bers appointed by the General Meeting under the conditions defined in articles L. 225-17 and L. 225-18 of the French Commercial Code, a representative of the professional agricultural organisations ap…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VII: Review in civil matters

Article 1031-13

…the adviser-rapporteur to the applicant's lawyer under the conditions provided for in Article 1031-18.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee adviser

Article D1232-11

An employee who carries out his professional activity outside any establishment, with the exception of the employees mentioned in article D. 1232-10, is entitled to have the hours spent carrying out t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Specific supervision of credit institutions and investment firms

Article R613-37-1

…ting an on-site inspection of the French branch of an investment firm referred to in Article L. 532-18-1, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall consult the competent authorities o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article R4433-17

…uadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique and Réunion benefit, under the conditions set out in articles R. 4433-18 to R. 4433-22, from the special contribution created within the general decentralisation grant fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions specific to the "oncological surgery" modality

Article D6124-132-1

…The holder of the authorisation for surgical oncology of children and adolescents under the age of 18 with grade C has surgeons who hold a qualification in the speciality in which they operate or a s…

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