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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIIa: Taxes levied for the benefit of communities of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation

Article 1609 quinquies C

…ts of inter-municipal cooperation subject to the provisions of this article for the first time from 2012, the compensation is calculated using the weighted average rate of the communes that are member…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-19-2

…or transferee partners with their commitments.The court may modify the plan pursuant to article L. 626-26.In the event of default by a subscribing or transferee partner or shareholder, the court, seis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-4-1

…the benefits acquired in application of the third paragraph of l'article 111 de la loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territoriale.II. -…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Legal regime

Article L5217-7

I. - Articles L. 5215-16 to L. 5215-18, L. 5215-21, L. 5215-26 to L. 5215-29, L. 5215-40 and L. 5215-42 are applicable to metropolitan areas. For the application of article L. 5211-17, the majority co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
34°: Tax credit for forestry investments

Article 200 quindecies

…dertakes to apply to the forest the system of normal exploitation, provided for by the decree of 28 June 1930 relating to the conditions of application of article 15 of the finance law of 16 April 193…

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

Article 78-2

…an area between France's land border with the States party to the Schengen Convention signed on 19 June 1990 and a line drawn 20 kilometres below, as well as in areas accessible to the public in port…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXXV: Tax credit for interest-free repayable advances to finance the acquisition or construction of a principal residence

Article 244 quater J

…and 31 May;2° The year preceding that of the offer of the advance when the latter occurs between 1 June and 31 December.In the event that the composition of the tax household or households of the per…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to compensation for personal injury and property damage.

Article A421-1

…rning the Guarantee Fund and the compulsory insurance of land vehicles; b) Decrees no. 73-587 of 29 June 1973 and no. 75-171 of 17 March 1975 adopted for their application provided that the Guarantee…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-2

I. - From 2012, the aggregate tax potential of an inter-municipal grouping is determined by adding together the following amounts:1° The product determined by applying the average national tax rate fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII quater : Taxes levied by groupings substituted for communes for the application of provisions relating to the business property tax, the business value added tax, the flat-rate tax on network companies and the additional tax on property not built on.

Article 1609 nonies C

…amount previously paid in application of I of D of article 44 of the Finance Act for 1999 (no. 98-1266 of 30 December 1998) less the percentage provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 5211…

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