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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1382 D

Municipalities and public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in Article 1639 A bis, exempt from proper…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV bis : The Great Customary Council of the Amerindian and Bushinenge populations

Article L7124-13

…st, in the month preceding the end of the term of office of its members.The customary grand council may decide by an absolute majority of its members to proceed with its full renewal. The new customar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Enforcement and sanctions

Article R151-13

…e Minister enjoins an investor, pursuant to 1° of I and II of Article L. 151-3-1, to submit an application in order to regularise its situation, the injunction shall specify the documents and informat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Issue of the licence to practise.

Article R4221-13-3

The committee's opinions are reasoned. In the event of an unfavourable opinion, the committee may propose extending the skills consolidation programme. In this case, the Director General of the Nation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-13

Any person holding a diploma, certificate or qualification awarded following training which has enabled them to acquire the skills required to practise this profession and which is included on a list…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Filing of applications for plant variety certificates.

Article R623-13

A copy of the application for a plant variety certificate is given to the applicant at the time of filing, bearing a visa certifying the day and time of filing of the application and including a regis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-13

I.-The joint fund allocates its credits : 1° Equally between employee trade union organisations, on the one hand, and professional employers' organisations, on the other hand, in respect of the missio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-13

…sation and provisions, it shows the profit or loss for the year. Income and expenses, classified by category, must be presented either in tabular form or in the form of a list. The amount of the compa…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1397-3

Where the designation of the applicable law is made before the marriage, the future spouses present to the civil registrar either the act by which they made this designation, or a certificate issued b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Closure of judicial liquidation proceedings

Article L643-13

…the interest of creditors have not been taken during the course of the proceedings, the proceedings may be resumed.The matter is referred to the court by the previously appointed liquidator, by the pu…

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