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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe XIII

…ste: index of reduction in quantities of household and similar waste produced with a base of 100 in 2010.I. 2.-Technical indicators relating to treatment:a) Treatment of jointly collected household an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
13° : Tax credit for expenditure on publishing musical works

Article 220 septdecies

I.-Music publishing companies, within the meaning of Article L. 132-1 of the Intellectual Property Code, subject to corporation tax may benefit from a tax credit in respect of the expenses mentioned i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Requirements for capitalisation contracts and certain life insurance contracts

Article A522-1

The information referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 522-5 contains a list of the reference units of account and, for each unit of account, an indication of:i) the performance of the asse…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial allocations paid by France Compétences

Article R6123-25

I.-France Compétences allocates, each year, the proceeds of employers' contributions paid to it under 2°, 3° and 4° of I of Article L. 6131-1, less the payment referred to in Article R. 6123-24, and d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conditional tax benefits attached to donations

Article 1378 octies

…ecree sets out the conditions for application of this article.VII. - I to VI apply from 1st January 2010.>

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 quater

…s and liabilities referred to in article 1844-5 of the Civil Code carried out on or after 1 January 2010, the turnover to be used for the application of I of this article is equal to the sum of the tu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article L2334-17

The synthetic index of resources and charges mentioned in article L. 2334-16 for municipalities with 10,000 inhabitants or more is made up of:1° The ratio between the per capita financial potential of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 112

Distributed income shall not include:1° Allocations which, for members or shareholders, have the character of repayments of contributions or share premiums. However, a distribution shall only be deeme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-4

The costs referred to in article L. 1614-1 are compensated by the transfer of State taxes, by the resources of the Fonds de compensation de la fiscalité transférée and, for the balance, by the allocat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Negotiable debt securities

Article L213-3

The following are authorised to issue negotiable debt securities: 1. Credit institutions, investment firms and the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, subject to compliance with the conditions laid do…

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