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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-36

…f Article L. 332-11-1 of the French town planning code as it stood prior to Law No. 2014-1655 of 29 December 2014 on the rectifying finance act for 2014.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 698-6

…unctions under the conditions set out in Section II of Chapter V bis of Ordinance no. 58-1270 of 22 December 1958 on the organic law relating to the status of magistrates. When it rules on appeals, it…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L812-5

…ital ownership and voting rights requirements laid down by the aforementioned Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990. At the very least, every company must include, among its partners, a judicial represe…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Products which may only be sold in bulk under certain conditions

Article D120-6

…the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures as well as produ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XI: Goods transiting through a warehouse or logistics storage platform

Article 298 sexdecies J

…of I is set by order of the minister responsible for the budget. This information is kept until 31 December of the sixth year following the year during which the import operation took place. IV.-The…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1460

…ode and higher education establishments that have entered into an agreement pursuant to Article L. 718-16 of the same code or which have been recognised as being in the public interest; 1° bis The con…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
10: Business property tax

Article 1679 quinquies

…subject to the guarantees and securities provided for by this code. The balance is payable from 1st December. The balance of the tax is collected by means of tax rolls under the conditions set out in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7: Failure to comply with obligations to declare or pay electronically

Article 1738

…tion to file their income tax returns electronically and to pay their taxes electronically until 31 December 2024.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Rural solidarity grant.

Article L2334-22-2

…w communes mentioned in article L. 2113-1 created after the promulgation of law no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on the reform of local authorities, which have 10,000 inhabitants or more and which me…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Fund for the adjustment of certain annuities awarded as compensation for damage caused by a land motor vehicle.

Article A431-8

On 31 December each year, the caisse centrale de réassurance shall draw up an inventory of the fund for the adjustment of certain annuities awarded as compensation for loss caused by a motorised land…

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