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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Powers exercised on behalf of the municipality.

Article L2122-22

…in whole or in part, and for the duration of his term of office:1° To determine and modify the allocation of communal properties used by municipal public services and to carry out all acts of demarca…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-4

LIST OF MEDICINAL PRODUCTS AND MEDICAL DEVICES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES D. 4151-31 TO D. 4151-34Table I LIST OF THERAPEUTIC CLASSES OR MEDICINAL PRODUCTS AUTHORISED TO MIDWIVES FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL U…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXVII: Tax credit for research expenditure by industrial, commercial or agricultural companies

Article 244 quater B bis

…The research organisations mentioned in A meet the definition given by European Commission Communication No. 2014/ C 198/01 on the framework for State aid for research, development and demonstration…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: FIAs open to non-professional investors

Article L742-8

…visions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L743-8

…shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxation of income and capital gains in the event of transfer of domicile outside France

Article 167 bis

…transfer of their tax residence outside France are taxable on the transfer in respect of unrealised capital gains on the corporate rights, securities or rights referred to in 1 of I of Article 150-0 A…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXXVII: Tax credit for organic farming

Article 244 quater L

…farming, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Develo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-1

…ed to in Article L. 421-7 may not simultaneously hold office in market undertakings that are significant by virtue of their size, internal organisation and the nature, scope and complexity of their ac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Professional secrecy

Article L511-34

…h are part of a financial group or a group comprising at least one finance company or, for the application of 2° of this article, a group within the meaning of article L. 356-1 of the Insurance Code,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1466 F

…usiness property tax.III. - The rate of the allowance mentioned in II is increased in the following cases:1° For establishments located in French Guiana and Mayotte;2° (repealed)3° For establishments…

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