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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: EXPENDITURE

Article L2321-2

…ecks required for mosquito control action in accordance with the article 1 of law no. 64-1246 of 16 December 1964 relating to mosquito control and article 65 of the 1975 finance law (no. 74-1129 of 30…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1st Subsection: General provisions

Article 223 F

…erall net long-term capital gain or loss in respect of a financial year commencing before 1 January 2019, the share of costs and expenses provided for in the second paragraph of a quinquies of the I o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 septies : Companies located in employment areas to be revitalised

Article 44 duodecies

I. - Taxpayers who create activities between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2023 in the employment areas to be redynamised defined in 3 bis of article 42 of law no. 95-115 of 4 February 1995 on region…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-10

…municipalities pursuant to section 3 of this chapter, as it stood prior to Act no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on local authority reform, communes déléguées taking the name and territorial boundari…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article R423-13

…imes a total amount of resources equal to 0.05% of the total mathematical provisions recorded at 31 December of the previous year for all the undertakings referred to in article L. 423-1. The overall…

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

Article 1609 B

…36-1 and L. 321-36-2 of the same code.The amount of this tax is set, in each department, before 31 December each year, for the following year, by the board of directors of the public establishment wi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Territorial economic contribution rebate

Article 1647 C quinquies C

…f trade and craft trades that would have been due in respect of 2010 under this code in force at 31 December 2009, with the exception of the flat-rate coefficients determined in application of article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L773-21

…der no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 521-3 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 521-3-1 Act no. 2018-727 of 10 August 2018 L. 521-3-2 Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 521-4 Order no. 2009-866 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L774-21

…der no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 521-3 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 521-3-1 Act no. 2018-727 of 10 August 2018 L. 521-3-2 Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 521-4 Order no. 2009-866 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article R742-1

…d column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 211-1No. 2018-1226 of 24 December 2018R. 211-2 to R. 211-6no. 2023-421 of 31 May 2023R. 211-7 to R. 211-9n° 200…

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