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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-13

…rating grant of the communes and the total formed by the flat-rate grant provided for in Article L. 2334-7 and the fixed allocation for new communes provided for in

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article L2512-13

…ents;5° Maintaining good order at fairs and markets;6° Policing bathing pursuant to article L. 2213-23 of this code;7° De police de la conservation dans les dépendances domaniales incorporées au domai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: EXPENDITURE

Article L3321-1

…tmental building;2° Expenditure relating to the functional allowances provided for in articles L. 3123-15 to L. 3123-18 and the training costs for elected representatives referred to in article L. 312…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Funeral home, mortuary and crematorium (R)

Article D2223-103

…completion of one of the inspections provided for in the fifth and sixth paragraphs of article D. 2223-102, the accredited inspection body shall submit the compliance inspection report to the departme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D5842-6

…ed by the words: "of the Assembly of French Polynesia". V. - For the application of article R. 5211-23, the word: "préfectoral" is replaced by the words: "du haut-commissariat de la République en Poly…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 terdecies-0 AB

…e of general economic interest, within the meaning of Commission Decision 2012/21/EU of 20 December 2011 on the application of Article 106(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-1

…ns or which require the use of products presenting a particular danger in breach of article L. 6211-23; 5° The performance, by a medical biology laboratory, of medically assisted procreation activitie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis MB

I. - A tax is payable by farmers in respect of their agricultural activities, excluding those placed under the flat-rate agricultural reimbursement scheme mentioned in articles 298 quater and 298 quin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1665 bis

Taxpayers shall receive, no later than 1st March of the year in which the tax relating to the previous year's income is settled, an advance payment on the amount of the tax benefits provided for in ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-7

…L. 5137-1 to L. 5137-3 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Law No. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions for adapting to European Union law in the field…

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