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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2671-1

…to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting from Order No. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDL.…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2681-1

…to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting from Order No. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDL.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Town Council

Article L2573-5

…2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 2121-23 to L. 2121-25 Order no. 2021-1310 of 7 October 2021 L. 2121-26 Order no. 2021-1310 of 7 October 2021 L. 2121-27 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 2121-27-1…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII bis: Exemption for capital gains realised on the sale of a sole proprietorship or a complete branch of activity

Article 238 quindecies

…n Union to de minimis aid in the agriculture sector or Commission Regulation (EU) No 717/2014 of 27 June 2014 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the Europea…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2b: Companies located in urban tax-free zones - entrepreneurial areas

Article 44 octies A

…2 of the aforementioned law no. 95-115 of 4 February 1995, as well as for those who, from 1 January 2012, create activities in the zones franches urbaines-territoires entrepreneurs defined in the same…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLIX: Tax credit for low-income housing associations investing in new housing in overseas France

Article 244 quater X

…The benefit of the tax credit provided for in I is subject to compliance with Commission Decision 2012/21/EU of 20 December 2011 on the application of Article 106(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2

…Title II of this Book, including branches of electronic money institutions mentioned in Article L. 526-24; 1°c Credit institutions, payment institutions and electronic money institutions having their…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36

…icial commissioners within their jurisdiction, in accordance with Article 15 of Order 2016-728 of 2 June 2016 on the status of judicial commissioner. They may be assisted in their supervisory role by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Notifications and information

Article L233-7

…e meaning of Article 11 of Directive 2006/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on the capital adequacy of investment firms and credit institutions, provided that such sh…

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

Article L5219-5

…s and the municipality of Paris draw up a climate-air-energy plan, in application of article L. 229-26 of the Environment Code, which must be compatible with the territorial climate-air-energy plan of…

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