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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 sexies

…In Mayotte, the tax base for property tax on built-up properties sold from 18 September 2013 until 31 December 2016 by a public entity to unlawful occupants of buildings used as their main dwelling l…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Local tax on companies operating ski lift equipment.

Article L2333-52

The communes or public establishments for inter-communal cooperation which, on 31 December 1983, collected the special tax on gross receipts from the sale of transport tickets by companies operating s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-10

…are also subject to the provisions of articles L. 612-20, L. 612-21, L. 612-24 to L. 612-27, L. 612-31 and L. 612-40 as well as article L. 612-23 for information received under article L. 612-24.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L431-3

…oordination of actions to prevent rental evictions provided for in article 7-2 of law no. 90-449 of 31 May 1990 aimed at implementing the right to housing. This information is transmitted via the info…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ac: Record-keeping

Article 286 quinquies

…available to the administration, at its request, by electronic means. It is kept for ten years from 31 December of the year in which the operation was carried out.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Exemption provisions relating to direct allocations based on the distribution conditions of cinematographic works

Article 919-63

…stribution companies may submit their file to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée by 31 July 2022 at the latest.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0VII bis: Special equipment taxes levied for the benefit of public establishments. Exemption for certain agricultural land

Article 1607 A

…fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 and not exempt pursuant to articles 1395 to 1395 B are exempt from the special equi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L2573-38

I. - The articles L. 2311-1 to L. 2311-7 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.Article L. 2311-1-1 is applicable to the communes of French Po…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article 1038

…sputes relating to the refusal to issue a certificate of French nationality provided for in article 31-3 of the Civil Code.The exceptions of nationality and foreign nationality as well as that of lack…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-19

…pril at the latest or, for the overseas departments, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, by 31 August at the latest, of the list of waters identified as bathing waters in its department, as we…

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