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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Measures relating to the intensity of public aid

Article 919-64

…ch automatic or selective aid for cinema distribution is requested or granted between 1 July and 31 December 2022.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1396 bis

I.-In Mayotte, the tax base for property tax on undeveloped properties sold from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2025 by a public entity to illegal occupiers of land is subject to a reduction for the th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property tax on built-up and non-built-up properties

Article 1404

…there is a dispute over the right to ownership, the application of I above may take place until 31 December of the year following the final judgment on this right (1).(1) Provision applicable from 1…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L764-1

…able in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wording result…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article L834-1

…able in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wording result…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VIII: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R285-1

…ovisions shall apply in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by operation of law…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Hospitality certificates

Article R313-8

…° A residence certificate issued to an Algerian national on the basis of the agreement signed on 27 December 1968;5° A provisional document issued when applying to renew the document mentioned in 1°,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VIII: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R286-1

…ovisions are applicable in New Caledonia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by operation of law…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article L4413-3

…the town planning code and the mobility plan provided for in Article 28-3 of Law no. 82-1153 of 30 December 1982 on the orientation of domestic transport.To this end, the Ile-de-France region shall d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations

Article L632-11-1

…tions laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013.

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