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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-8

…Article L. 5211-28 apply to the inter-municipality grant of the Greater Paris metropolitan area. In 2016 and 2017, the fiscal integration coefficient of the Greater Paris metropolis is equal to the hi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1382

…ded for in the previous paragraph cease to be met, the operator informs the owner no later than 1st February of the year of taxation and the owner submits a declaration, based on the facts existing on…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B octies

…ring the previous year in respect of the part of the flat-rate allowance provided for in article L. 2334-7 of the General Local Authorities Code or, where applicable, in respect of the part of the com…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1232-1

…dvisory capacity, as do the qualified persons mentioned in the third paragraph of II of Article L. 1232-1, a member of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council appointed by its chairman and a me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Progressive levy on casino gaming revenue.

Article R2333-82-4

I. - For the application of I of article L. 2333-55-3, events are eligible for the tax credit:1° When the casino directly provides all or part of the organisation and financing of the event.The expens…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 63

…e purposes of this Code, Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter D

…and non-transferable, except in the cases and under the conditions provided for in articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-35 of the monetary and financial code. It is not taxable.In the context of a transactio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Definition of categories and sub-categories.

Article A344-2

…) (including benefits ancillary to group life insurance contracts) ;22 Motor third party liability ;23 Motor (damage) ;24 Personal property damage ;25 Damage to professional property ;26 Damage to agr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Healthcare waste produced by patients undergoing self-treatment and users of self-tests

Article R1335-8-1

…edical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC ; b) or 23° or 25° of Article 2 of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article R2314-1

In the absence of stipulations in the agreement provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 2314-1, the number of members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee provided fo…

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