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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-3

…application of the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, signed in Strasbourg on 27 January 1977, and of the Agreement between the Member States of the European Communities on the appl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R441-2-1

…For the application of the first paragraph, no account is taken of financial years closed before 1 January 2017, nor of financial years closed before the introduction in the agreement of the possibil…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Markets of national interest

Article L761-5

…r products that come from holdings located within the reference perimeter.No later than 31 December 2012, an assessment of the organisation of markets of national interest, focusing in particular on t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General provisions

Article 677

…in rem in immovable property referred to in a of 1° of amended article 28 of decree no. 55-22 of 4 January 1955 ; 2° Transfers of use of businesses, customer lists or immovable property, as well as r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1° ter: Rural regeneration zones. Rental housing acquired and improved with financial assistance from the Agence nationale de l'habitat (National Housing Agency)

Article 1383 E

…following that in which the improvement work is completed. It definitively ceases to apply from 1st January of the year following a continuous period of at least twelve months during which the dwellin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1° ter: Rural regeneration zones. Rental housing acquired and improved with financial assistance from the Agence nationale de l'habitat (National Housing Agency)

Article 1383 E bis

…for in this article, the owner must send the tax department where the property is located, before 1 January of each year in respect of which the exemption is applicable, a declaration accompanied by a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Reduction of duties

Article 1595

…d to in 3°, 4° and 5° above evidenced by a deed executed or an agreement entered into on or after 1 January 2002, the rates of the tax are set at: FRACTION OF TAXABLE VALUE APPLICABLE RATE %. Not exce…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6: Payroll tax

Article 1679 A

…The result obtained is rounded, if necessary, to the nearest euro.A mutual insurer which, between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2018, establishes that it has exceeded the staffing threshold referred…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-1

I. - With effect from 2012, a national fund for the equalisation of inter-communal and communal resources is created for communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their ow…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article L2531-12

As of 1 January 1991, the solidarity fund for the communes of the Ile-de-France region contributes to the improvement of living conditions in the urban communes of Ile-de-France that bear particular b…

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