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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1656 ter

Unless otherwise provided, the provisions of this code applicable to the départements and regions apply to the collectivité de Corse. For the application of these provisions: 1° References to the depa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title one: Tax assessment and control

Article 1649 quinquies

1. One or more tax record centres shall be set up in each department, under the authority of the Minister responsible for the budget. 2. The tax records centre brings together the various documents an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Damaged property

Article 1058

Deeds, documents and writings relating to the implementation of the land consolidation provided for by the law of 14 April 1947 are, provided they expressly refer to it, exempt from registration dutie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Damaged property

Article 1057

The I of Article 1056 may be invoked on the occasion of transfers of ownership provided for by the Order of 8 September 1945, authorising the direct construction by the State or by associations for th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special schemes and general exemptions

Article 1020

The provisions subject to land registration of the deeds referred to in articles 1025, 1030, 1031, 1053, 1054, 1055,1066, 1067 and 1088 as well as those relating to the transactions referred to in art…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Material resources

Article A322-163

All establishments have the following equipment: 1° A plan or aerial view of the landing area so that any obstacles in the vicinity of the landing area can be identified. This must be displayed in a p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Consumer Institute

Article R822-16

The establishment's resources include:1° Proceeds from its commercial operations, in particular the sale of its publications;2° Resources from its training activities;3° Subsidies or contributions all…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R713-16

As far as postal voting is concerned, the envelopes, ballot papers and candidate circulars constitute the instruments required for voting mentioned in 1° of article R. 713-14. An order of the supervis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L612-16

I. - The Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is authorised to bring proceedings before any court in order to perform the duties entrusted to it.II. - The Autorité de contr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Organisation of the intervention.

Article R4543-16

When organising the work referred to in article R. 4543-15, the head of the company carrying out the work defines the operating procedures appropriate to the technology of the equipment and its enviro…

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