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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Tax on hydrocarbon exploration

Article 1590

…e to these same taxes. V. - The tax is due for the entire year in respect of licences existing on 1 January.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Departmental fund

Article 1648 A

…amount of €284,278,401. For 2020, the amount to be paid is equal to the amount paid in 2019. For 2021, the amount to be paid is equal to the amount paid in 2020. For 2022, the amount to be paid is eq…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Va: Dation in payment

Article 1716 bis

…y if they have come into his possession by gratuitous transfer.II. - (Repealed with effect from 1st January 1996).

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux (rural amenities grant)

Article L2334-37

…ors elected in the department when it has fewer than five members of parliament. With effect from 1 January 2018, where the département has five or more members of parliament, two deputies and two sen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Publicity and entry into force

Article L3131-2

…mental council or decisions taken by delegation of the departmental council pursuant to article L. 3211-2 with the exception of:a) Deliberations relating to road and parking fee tariffs, the classific…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions.

Article L5214-23

…31, provided that this competence is not already exercised by an authority mentioned in article L. 5212-24, the communal share under the conditions set out in article L. 2333-2 in place of municipalit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Access by the National Commission to information covered by medical confidentiality

Article R1142-41-1

…the information received by teletransmission must comply with the provisions of Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties andOrder no. 2005-1516 of 8 Dec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-10 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 762-2 TO A. 762-4 AND A. 762-9)

Article Annexe IV

…as optional, responses are mandatory to enable your request to be processed. The Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms grants you the right to access a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-7-2

…f a SICAV are not taken into account for the purposes of applying the provisions of Articles L. 225-21, L. 225-77 and L. 225-94-1 of the French Commercial Code; 6° The Board of Directors, the Manageme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-31

…tors or supervisory board of a SICAV are not taken into account for the purposes of Articles L. 225-21, L. 225-77 and L. 225-94-1 of the Commercial Code; 6° The Board of Directors, the Management Boar…

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