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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Town Council

Article L2573-5

…er 2019 L. 2121-3 to L. 2121-6 la loi n° 96-142 du 21 février 1996 L. 2121-7 the loi n° 2015-366 du 31 mars 2015 L. 2121-8 and L. 2121-9 the loi n° 2015-991 du 7 août 2015 L. 2121-10 law no. 2015-991…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Provisions common to property tax and council tax

Article 1417

…ome amounts are set at €33,774 for the first part, increased by €7,164 for the first half-part, €6,831 for the second half-part and €5,140 for each additional half-part from the third onwards. For Fre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office

Article L2573-7

…ebruary 2002 L. 2123-11-1 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 L. 2123-11-2 the loi n° 2015-366 du 31 mars 2015 L. 2123-12 and L. 2123-12-1 The Leoi n° 2021-771 du 17 juin 2021 ratifiant les ordonnan…

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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 Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-3-1

…e officer allowing consultation of the automated processing of personal data covered by the article 31 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés, sel…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R641-1

…125-2 to R. 125-5 and R. 125-7 as amended by Decree no. 2019-992 of 26 September 2019;Article R. 131-2 as amended by Decree no. 2017-891 of 6 May 2017; Article R. 151-2 as amended by Decree no. 2019…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.

Article L812-8

…representative or a profession provided for in titre IV bis of the aforementioned law n° 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 or the acquisition of premises for this practice. An agent may also act as manager…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-1

…n Union ;9° The keeping of the National Register of Companies;10° The keeping of entries made until 31 December 2022 in the National Register of Commerce and Companies and of deeds filed until that sa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Economic regime

Article 568

…onth following the month of settlement, by the same suppliers and on behalf of the operators. Until 31 December 2022, except in the case of tobacconists incorporated as general partnerships whose part…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Deductible liabilities

Article 974

…behalf of the tenant by the owner for which the latter has been unable to obtain reimbursement, on 31 December of the year in which the tenant left; 3° Relating to expenditure on improvement, constru…

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