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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-29

Without prejudice to the requirement laid down in Article D. 1332-28, the temporary classification of a bathing water as being of "poor" quality is permitted, without however entailing non-compliance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Lapse and cessation of activity

Article R1333-143

…r instituting the public utility easements referred to in II.IV -In accordance with article L. 1333-28, if pollution resulting from nuclear activity is discovered at a later date, the provisions of ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Financial assistance provided by the agency on its own behalf

Article R515-9

…3551-15 to L. 3551-21, L. 4433-4-1 to L. 4433-4-6 of the General Local Authorities Code, articles 28, 29 and 33 of Organic Law no. 99-209 on New Caledonia and articles 17, 38 and 39 of Organic Law n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-7

…n intended to take account of the costs associated with the size of its population.With effect from 2011, this basic allocation is equal for each commune to the product of its population by an amount…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 sexvicies

…f the tax reduction is 25% for properties acquired in 2009 and 2010, 18% for properties acquired in 2011 and 11% for those acquired from 2012.However, for homes purchased in 2012, the tax reduction ra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-2

…d in reserve in application of I of article L. 3335-2 as it stood prior to the Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finances for 2020 are paid back into this fund. II.The first levy is equal to 0.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article D351-7

…he same effect: a) The references to the Labour Code; b) The references to the agreement of 10 June 2011 on vocational training, concluded within the framework of the national collective agreement for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-1

…ocation changes each year according to the rate of change in the overall operating allocation. From 2011, this change does not apply.In 2006, the amount of this allocation calculated in this way is in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: Clearing houses

Article D440-3

…erable securities; -alternative investment funds within the meaning of Article 4(1)(a) of Directive 2011/61/EU excluding alternative investment funds which are substantially leveraged within the meani…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-13

A development grant is instituted, comprising a grant for the benefit of groups of communes, a national equalisation grant, an urban solidarity and social cohesion grant, a rural solidarity grant, a s…

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