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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9-1

…groupings of local authorities in mountain areas, as defined in the article 3 of law no. 85-30 of 9 January 1985 relating to the development and protection of mountain areas.For the appointment in eac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transformation and merger.

Article L5211-41-3

…the benefits acquired in application of the third paragraph of article 111 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on the statutory provisions relating to the local civil service.IV. - The number and di…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36

…3-1, the branches of the European UCITS and AIF management companies referred to in Articles L. 532-20-1 and L. 532-21-3, the collective investments mentioned in I of Article L. 214-1, the persons men…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Modification, suspension, withdrawal and non-renewal of early access authorisation

Article R5121-72

…e following conditions: a) The authorisation holder has been able to formulate its agreement within 20 days of the Haute Autorité de santé's request for renewal; b) All of the updated information ment…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Local bodies

Article R6147-7-2

…en hospitalier et son premier renouvellement, prévu à l'article R. 6152-65 ; 12° to 19° (Repealed) ;20° Avis sur la prolongation d'activité d'un praticien hospitalier, prévu à l'article R. 6152-329 ;…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-27

…able, retained as a result of its analysis.Clarifications concerning the impossibility of certifying20. An item that gives rise to an inability to certify is, by its very nature, a key point of the au…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis

1. Entitled to a tax reduction are payments made by companies subject to income tax or corporation tax for the benefit of:a) Works or organisations of general interest of a philanthropic, educational,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° Tax credit for expenditure on the production of phonographic works

Article 220 octies

…finition of a microenterprise given in Article 2(3) of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in appl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-11

…cation sub-account mentioned in Article L. 142-4 and appearing, in Article 423-28 of Regulation No. 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 of the French Accounting Standards Authority relating to the accounting…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-5

…ch it to a single public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status on 1st January of the year of distribution.III. - By way of derogation from II, if one of the contiguous co…

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