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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article L3332-15

…issued by open-ended investment companies governed by articles L. 214-7 to L. 214-7-4 and L. 214-24-29 to L. 214-24-33 of the French Monetary and Financial Code; 2° Units in unit trusts or securities…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L775-20

…nd L. 526-27 Act no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 526-28 Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 526-29 Act no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 526-30 Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 526-31 Act no. 20…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1640 C

…elating to the schemes provided for in II of article 1609 quinquies C in its wording in force on 31 December 2009 are determined according to the same procedures as those described in 2 for public est…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 283

…son and who has a French value added tax identification number. The amount due is identified on the declaration mentioned in article 287.2. When the services referred to in 1° of article 259 are suppl…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Personalised pathway and republican integration contract

Article L413-5

…é mobile ICT (famille)" ("seconded mobile ICT employee (family)") as provided for in Article L. 421-29; 15° A multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording "seasonal worker" provided for in articl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-8-1

…the transfer of competences mentioned in the previous paragraph, taken into account in the general decentralisation grant allocated to the regions, is made up of: - the amount of the contribution for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-3

I.-By decision of their deliberative body, the communes of French Polynesia and their groupings may acquire shares or receive, as a fee, contribution shares issued by a semi-public company created by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-4-2

…ervices, responsible for carrying out functional or operational tasks, including the examination of decisions taken by mayors on behalf of the municipality or the State, with the exception of the task…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-41-1

…erimeter of the public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status that has decided to transform itself may be extended to municipalities whose inclusion in the community perim…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-10

…munes whose eligibility for the grant provided for in the fourth paragraph of II of article L. 5211-29 has been established under the conditions set out in Article L. 5214-23-1. The proposed extension…

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