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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bank charges

Article L753-4

…ns and the Office des postes et télécommunications de Polynésie française shall, between 1 June and 31 July, at the invitation of the High Commissioner and in the presence of the Institut d'émission d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bank charges

Article L752-4

…Calédonie (New Caledonian Post and Telecommunications Office) shall take part, between 1st June and 31st July, in negotiations convened by the High Commissioner and in the presence of the Institut d'é…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal and dissolution

Article R1431-19

…s material and financial conditions, it is approved by the State representative. It takes effect on 31st December of the year in question.II. - In the absence of an agreement between the withdrawing m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6261-13

…er and mandate slip.The authorising officer produces the statement of outstanding commitments as at 31 December of the financial year ended. The outstanding balances from the operating section are car…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6361-13

…er and mandate slip.The authorising officer produces the statement of outstanding commitments as at 31 December of the financial year ended. The outstanding balances from the operating section are car…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies A

…longer applicable to investments which are the subject of a request for prior approval filed after 31 December 1987.I bis. - French companies which set up their first commercial establishment in a fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
23°: Tax credit for energy transition

Article 200 quater

…t applies:a. (Repealed)b. To the expenditure referred to in this b, paid between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2020, in respect of:1° (Repealed)2° the acquisition and installation of thermal insulati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XX: Tax on financial transactions

Article 235 ter ZD

…romoting the liquidity of their shares under accepted market practices accepted by the Autorité des marchés financiers pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Cou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rates for local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-9

…isions of articles L. 2333-12 and L. 2333-16, these maximum rates are, with effect from 1st January 2009, per square metre and per year:1° For advertising and signs displayed using a non-digital proce…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-3

A commercial practice is also misleading if, taking into account the specific limitations of the means of communication used and the surrounding circumstances, it omits, conceals or provides in an uni…

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