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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax on the costs of chambers of trade and craft associations

Article 1601

…ual ceiling set so as to comply with the general ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the 2012 finances for chambers of trades and crafts.This individual…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Tax for the development of vocational training in the car, cycle and motorbike repair trades

Article 1609 sexvicies

I. - With effect from 1st January 2004, a tax is introduced for the benefit of the National Association for Automobile Training. It contributes to the financing of initial vocational training, in part…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-97

…icipality. The tax is payable by owners of properties bordering roads open to public traffic on 1st January of the tax year. When the riparian property is governed by loi n° 65-557 du 10 juillet 1965…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Education

Article L4424-2

…L. 913-1 of the Education Code. The second and third paragraphs of this article shall apply from 1 January 2005. Articles 104 to 111 of the loi n° 2004-809 du 13 août 2004 relative aux libertés et re…

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

Article L5211-4-2

…pality or the State, with the exception of the tasks mentioned in article 23 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service for municipalities and publ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-4

…y on the insurance undertaking's website or on any other durable medium within 90 working days of 1 January of each year. The description of the steps taken, including the resources deployed, during t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Uses of the professional prevention account

Article L4163-7

…mployees who have not reached their sixtieth birthday. IV - For people aged at least fifty-two on 1 January 2015, the scale for acquiring points credited to the professional prevention account and the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-2

…ndicate committee. The statutes of mixed syndicates existing on the date of promulgation of law no. 2006-10 of 5 January 2006 relating to the safety and development of transport must be brought into c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L744-9

…he same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 214-143 to L. 214-150 Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 L. 214-151 Act 2014-1 of 2 January 2014 L. 214-152 and L. 214-153 Order no.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1 - Organisation of the fund for financing and managing the individual training rights of local elected representatives

Article R1621-4

…ontributions are credited to the account of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations no later than 31 January following the calendar year in respect of which the contributions were deducted in advance.…

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