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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux (rural amenities grant)

Article L2334-36

…the new public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status formed on 1st January of the year of allocation may benefit from the grant if it is the offspring of at least one…

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

Article 209 quater

…ecial reserve ceases for capital gains taxed in respect of financial years commencing on or after 1 January 2004.2. Amounts withdrawn from this reserve are credited to income for the financial year in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Associate midwives

Article R6152-544

The provisions of Title I of decree no. 2002-9 of 4 January 2002 relating to working hours and the organisation of work in the establishments mentioned in article 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and operation

Article R822-10

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Accounting and financial provisions

Article D1611-32-3

The mandate given pursuant to Article

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Flat-rate tax on network companies

Article 1519 HB

…tricity production facilities whose installed electrical capacity within the meaning of Articles L. 311-1 et seq. of the Energy Code is greater than or equal to 12 megawatts.II.-.The flat-rate tax is…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A quinquies

…orial authority, to the ratio between, on the one hand, the sum of the unrevised rental values on 1 January 2017 of the built properties mentioned in the same I of article 1498 taxable in respect of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Procedures for issuing certificates

Article R3115-36

The persons or approved bodies mentioned in article R. 3115-31 may issue one-month extensions to the validity of health inspection certificates or exemption certificates for ships in the ports mention…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Payment.

Article R5522-56

…of the bonus is paid as soon as the new job is filled on a full-time basis. The balance is paid by 31 March of the following year at the latest, after verification of the average number of employees.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Artificial baths

Article D1332-50

…d algaecides not intended for direct application to humans or animals governed by EU Regulation 528/2012 on the placing on the market and use of biocidal products.

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