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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK VII: SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L1711-4

…1424-24 to L. 1424-44, L. 1424-46 et L. 1424-48 to L. 1424-50 shall apply in Mayotte from 1 January 2014, subject to the adaptations provided for in II of this Article.II. - For the application to May…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General conditions of employment, recruitment and grading

Article R113-2

…ncluding a special step. The number of posts in the special step of the higher grade may not exceed 20% of the posts in category 1 "head of department" of the higher grade; 2° Category 1 comprises emp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-33

…the rights of information, access, rectification and deletion provided for in articles 70-18 to 70-20 of the same law may be exercised directly with the data controller. III.-In order to avoid hinder…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-26

I.-Without prejudice to Articles R. 356-20 to R. 356-20-3, the Solvency Capital Requirement of a subsidiary referred to in Article R. 356-24 is calculated in accordance with the provisions of this Art…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28-3

…the following direct taxes: council tax on second homes and other furnished premises not used as a main residence, property tax on built-up properties, property tax on non-built-up properties.For eac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2

…ponsibility, the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in articles 20 and 21-1° may ask any person in respect of whom there are one or more plausible grounds for suspe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-17

…R. 332-2. These securities are deposited in a pledged account within the meaning of article L. 211-20 of the French Monetary and Financial Code. Pledged securities are valued in accordance with the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Discounts

Article A444-174

…articles 787 B and 787 C of the General Tax Code;2° Within the limit of a maximum discount rate of 20% applicable to the portion of the emolument calculated on the base brackets greater than or equal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation through the payment of an annual contribution

Article D5212-22

…% of the amount of the contribution calculated in accordance with the provisions of article D. 5212-20. This limit is increased to 75% when the group employs at least 50% of the rate mentioned in arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Savings bank network

Article L773-8

…hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 512-85 law no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 L. 512-86 and L. 512-86-1 law no. 2009-715 of 18 June 2009 L. 512-87 to L.…

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