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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Accounting

Article D72-104-15

…d by the local authority's accounting officer presents the local authority's accounting position at 31 December of the financial year, including the transactions of the additional day.The management a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX ter : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of public land and development establishments in French Guiana and Mayotte

Article 1609 B

…321-36-1 and L. 321-36-2 of the same code.The amount of this tax is set, in each department, before 31 December each year, for the following year, by the board of directors of the public establishment…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12 bis : Fees payable for occupancy of the public domain by water and sewerage works

Article R2333-121

…y and sewerage works is determined by the municipal council within the limits of a ceiling set at 1 January 2010 at 30 euros per kilometre of network, excluding connections, and 2 euros per square met…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-19-1

…his opinion by 30 November of the same year at the latest. Notwithstandingarticle 176 of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budget and accounting management, if no express decision has…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 septdecies

…These allocations are deductible up to:- 60% of taxable income for the financial year beginning in 2012;- 40% for the financial year beginning in 2013.2. Amounts deducted from the reserve referred to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article R950-1

…TLE II.-TRADERS' TITLEChapter I.-Definition and statusArticles R. 121-1 to R. 121-5Decree No. 2007-431 of 27 March 2007Chapter III.-General obligations of tradersArticle R. 123-1Decree No. 2020-11…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1413-14

…5° of Article R. 1413-12 are enforceable under the conditions laid down in Title III of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management. The decisions referred t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-1

For the purposes of this chapter, "unavailable book" means a book published in France before 1 January 2001 which is no longer distributed commercially by a publisher and which is not currently publis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Gas distribution and transport (R).

Article R2333-117

…al terms of the calculation of the ceiling of the fees defined in article R. 2333-114 change on 1st January of each year in proportion to the change in the engineering index, defined in a notice in th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Rules specific to the 1970-1974 five-yearly review

Article 1515

…coefficients (2).IV. - The date of incorporation in the rolls of the new assessments is set at 1st January 1974.V. - 1. In the communes classified as mountain areas and referred to in article 1110 of…

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