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

Article L5219-8

…an area is equal to that received the previous year. The reductions provided for in Article L. 5211-28 apply to the inter-municipality grant of the Greater Paris metropolitan area. In 2016 and 2017, t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-47

…tax officials authorised to carry out judicial investigations, respectively referred to in articles 28-1 and 28-2, specially authorised and individually designated by their hierarchical superior, have…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-71

The overall remuneration policy, including salaries and discretionary pension benefits as defined in Article 4(1)(73) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-30

I. - To finance the operations referred to in Article L. 513-29, housing finance companies may issue bonds called housing finance bonds benefiting from the privilege defined in Article L. 513-11 and r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Status and purpose

Article L513-2

I. - Sociétés de crédit foncier are specialised credit institutions whose exclusive purpose is to:1° To grant or acquire guaranteed loans, exposures to public entities and securities, deposits and exp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Disclosure of accounts

Article L232-23

I. - Every joint-stock company is required to file with the court registry, to be appended to the register of commerce and companies, within one month of the approval of the annual accounts by the gen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Payment of business property tax and additional taxes

Article 1681 quater A

A. The business property tax and additional taxes are collected either under the conditions provided for in Article 1679 quinquies, or, at the taxpayer's request, by means of monthly levies made in ac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34-4

I. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Act 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Public health establishments in Mayotte

Article L6414-2

For application in Mayotte :1° Article L. 6141-1: a) In the second paragraph, the words: "may be communal, inter-communal, departmental, inter-departmental, regional, inter-regional or national" are r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L743-10

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording indicated in t…

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