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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 G

…for the first time by an approved certification body. It will cease to apply definitively from 1st January of the year following the year in which the plots are no longer farmed organically.The delib…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic and optional exemptions

Article 1635 quater E

…e Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid. III -For planning permission issued from 1st January 2017, the exemptions adopted by the Lyon metropolitan authority apply simultaneously to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-17

…population and the proportion of the municipality's land area covered by a Natura 2000 site on 1st January of the previous year.III. - The second fraction of the allocation, equal to 4,800,000 millio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-44

…f the Minister responsible for communication. Notwithstanding the last paragraph of article L. 2232-21 and to Article L. 2232-22 of the French Labour Code, the Commission shall rule, instead of the jo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-5

…ithin the meaning of Article L. 511-20, Articles III and IV of Article L. 613-20-4, Articles L. 613-21-3 or L. 613-21-4, as applicable, shall apply. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolutio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L754-2

…15-1024 of 20 August 2015 L. 312-16, with the exception of 8° and 14° thereof Law no. 2018-32 of 22 January 2018 L. 312-19 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 312-20 law no. 2021-875 of 1 July 2021 L.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Farmers

Article 298 bis

…down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. In addition, farmers must, in respect of the period between 1 January and the last day preceding the opening date of the first financial year concerned by the opt…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Dotation de soutien à l'investissement des départements (Departmental investment support grant)

Article L3334-10

…to account is that of the last census -the length of roadway taken into account is assessed as at 1 January of the penultimate year; 2° Up to 23% of the amount of the allocation after deduction of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article D621-29

The amount of the contributions and the rates provided for in 4° of II of Article L. 621-5-3 are set as follows:1° The contribution payable by the persons mentioned in the first and second paragraphs…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Duration.

Article L145-4

…timeframe of article L. 145-9, if he intends to invoke the provisions of articles L. 145-18, L. 145-21, L. 145-23-1 et L. 145-24 in order to build, rebuild or raise the existing building, to reassign…

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