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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-9

In addition to the provisions of Article R. 351-2, insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall take into account the following items when calculating their prudential provisions within the meaning of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property tax on built-up and non-built-up properties

Article 1406

…ed by the owners to the administration, within ninety days of their final completion and in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree. The same applies to changes of use of the built properti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1640 D

…efits in 2011 from the transfer of the departmental share of council tax may decide that the reference rate used for voting the council tax rate on second homes and other furnished premises not alloca…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L2511-38

…provided for in articles L. 2511-11 to L. 2511-21, L. 2511-24, L. 2511-26 and L. 2511-28 to L. 2511-31.The local development grant finances, in particular, expenditure relating to information for resi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Revenue

Article L2564-22

I.-The articles L. 2331-5 to L. 2331-10 are applicable in Mayotte from 1 January 2014. II.-Until 31 December 2013, revenue from the investment section of the budget of the communes of Mayotte includes…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to certain group provident and insurance operations.

Article A441-4

…free interest rate curve used to calculate the best estimate referred to in Article R. 351-2.Insurance undertakings may apply a volatility adjustment to the relevant risk-free interest rate curve refe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers.

Article L6331-38

…representing employees at national level in the building and public works sector. II - In the absence of an agreement by 31 December of the year preceding the financial year, the rate of contribution…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-117

Whether or not shareholders and holders of investment certificates are asked to waive their pre-emptive rights, the content of the reports by the Board of Directors or the Management Board and the Sta…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Secure surveillance and secure detention

Article R53-8-48

The obligations of security surveillance may be adapted at any time to take account of the development of the person subject to it. They may be amended, supplemented or withdrawn by reasoned order of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article D2135-7

…r unions, and the associations of employees or employers mentioned in article L. 2135-1 whose resources within the meaning of article D. 2135-9 are equal to or greater than 230,000 euros at the close…

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