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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Universal guarantee fund for rental risks

Article R426-1

…article L. 313-20 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation and, on the other han…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article R2123-23

…e L. 2123-22 may amount to a maximum for the elected representatives referred to in article L. 2123-20 : 1° In the communes that are 25% administrative centres of the département, in the communes that…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Coverage of cash requirements and investment financing

Article 916-17

…medium-sized cinemas, the total amount of aid is equivalent to the average of the sums entered for 2017, 2018 and 2019 in the automatic account opened for each cinema in accordance with articles 123-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 nonies

…roperties must declare to the tax department of the place where the property is located, before 1st January of the first year for which the allowance is applicable and using a model drawn up by the ad…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Special rebates

Article 1398 A

…condition that the pastoral land association submits, on behalf of the owners concerned, before 31 January each year, a declaration to the tax department together with the necessary supporting docume…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-15

I.-The right to object does not apply to this processing pursuant to Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Urban equalisation grant.

Article R3334-2

…vailable on the website of the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques on 1st January of the allocation year and, on the other hand, the municipal population of all the communes…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events

Article A762-9

…ents" of this book. The calculations are carried out in accordance with standards NF ISO 25639-1 of January 2009 "Terminology of the trade fair, exhibition, congress or commercial event sector.-Part 1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6113-7

…ata concerning them is processed automatically under the conditions laid down by law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties;2° That this data is tran…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-40

…38 of groups which use a partial or full internal model approved in accordance with Articles R. 356-20 to R. 356-20-3 to calculate the group's solvency covers the tasks of designing, implementing, tes…

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