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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2573-19

I.-The provisions of Chapter III of Title I of Book II of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Levy on income from capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125-0 A

…ed to in the fourth paragraph of this 1° applies first to products attached to premiums paid before 27 September 2017, then, for products attached to premiums paid from that same date and where the op…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article D441-22

…f conversion, calculated in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article R. 441-27.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Buildings financed by state-subsidised loans

Article 1384 B

…respect of all the compensation referred to in I to X of Article 48 of Finance Act no. 2008-1425 of 27 December 2008 for 2009 and the total amount of this same compensation provided for this purpose f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 4-3 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 462-1)

Article Annexe 4-3

…ds) (*) I.-List of appendices Date: Signature and/or stamp: (*) Compulsory information (cf. art. 25-27 of directive 2019/1) To be completed by the requested authority: J.-Closing the notification Date…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of works by providers of online content-sharing services

Article L137-2

…anuary 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2° bis: Tax credit for expenditure on audiovisual and cinematographic creation, royalties paid to collective management organisations and remuneration paid directly to authors

Article 220 sexies A

…de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique under the obligations provided for in 3° of Article 27, 6° of Article 33 or 3° of Article 33-2 of the aforementioned Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 198…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1

…ollection and biological qualification of which comply with the requirements laid down in Directive 2002/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 setting standards of qua…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81

…easure for orphans whose parents were victims of anti-Semitic persecution or decree no. 2004-751 of 27 July 2004 instituting financial aid in recognition of the suffering endured by orphans whose pare…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L421-1

…urring before 1 January 2013, the annuity increases provided for in Article 1 of Law no. 74-1118 of 27 December 1974 relating to the revaluation of certain annuities awarded in compensation for loss c…

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