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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Local investment support grant

Article R2334-39

…jects, the provisions of articles R. 2334-22 to R. 2334-26, the second paragraph of article R. 2334-27 as well as articles R. 2334-28 to R. 2334-31 are applicable to it.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Establishment of electoral rolls

Article R4031-28

…ticle R. 4031-20, the electoral lists drawn up in accordance with the provisions of article R. 4031-27 are used for the new elections, except where the election has been annulled on the grounds that t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Monitoring of occupational exposure limit values.

Article R4724-8

The technical inspections intended to verify, in application of articles R. 4412-27 and R. 4412-76, compliance with the occupational exposure limit values for chemical agents set by articles R. 4412-1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval and supervision of pre-orientation and vocational education centres

Article R5213-29

…entre must be the subject of a new approval issued under the conditions set out in articles R. 5213-27 and R. 5213-28. Changes to training programmes are approved by the regional prefect, after consul…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Health and safety

Article R6222-36

…4624-15 or a pre-recruitment medical examination as provided for in articles R. 4623-22 to R. 4624-27 no later than two months after being recruited.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260

…iness of a lessee liable for value added tax or, if the lease is entered into on or after 1 January 1991, for the purposes of the business of a non-taxable lessee. The option cannot be exercised: a. I…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II. Declarations made by insurance companies, provident institutions, associations and mutual societies

Article 1649 ter

…spect of these contracts:1° For non-redeemable life insurance contracts taken out since 20 November 1991, the cumulative amount of premiums paid between the policyholder's seventieth birthday and 1 Ja…

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

Article L2573-5

…rovided for from II to X. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2121-1 la loi n° 2019-1461 du 27 décembre 2019 L. 2121-2 la loi n° 2013-403 du 17 mai 2013 L. 2121-2-1 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 Dec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article L2531-12

As of 1 January 1991, the solidarity fund for the communes of the Ile-de-France region contributes to the improvement of living conditions in the urban communes of Ile-de-France that bear particular b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: State services and property made available to the territorial collectivity of Corsica

Article L4422-43

…te of entry into force of the transfers of competencies provided for by the loi n° 91-428 du 13 mai 1991 portant statut de la collectivité territoriale de Corse, dans les conditions prévues aux II et…

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