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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Multi-professional practice partnerships

Article R422-51-15

The company provided for in Article L. 422-7-1 is entered on the list of industrial property attorneys provided for in Articles L. 422-1 and L. 422-7, in a section specific to multi-professional pract…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Special schemes

Article 1594 F ter

…deed of acquisition. The amount of this allowance, which may not be less than €7,600 or more than €46,000, is set, within these limits, by fraction of €7,600. Decisions taken in application of the fi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 J bis

…321-1 of the Tourism Code. The deliberation takes effect within the timeframes set out in Article 1594 E.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 I bis

…inimum period of eight years. The deliberation takes effect within the timeframe set out in article 1594 E.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 H bis

The départements may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in article 1639 A bis, exempt from property registration tax or registration duties the transfers, other than the first,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxes levied for the benefit of the Ile-de-France region

Article 1599 quater E

The Ile-de-France region may collect the development tax under the conditions provided for in 2° of I of article 1635 quater A.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of departmental mandates

Article L3123-15-1

When the departmental council is renewed, the deliberation fixing the allowances of its members pursuant to this section shall take place within three months of its installation. Any deliberation by t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of regional mandates.

Article L4135-15-1

When the regional council is renewed, the deliberation fixing the allowances of its members pursuant to this section shall take place within three months of its installation. Any deliberation of the r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Sustainable development plan

Article L4424-15-1

…e, the territorial collectivity of Corsica and the associated public bodies mentioned in article L. 4424-13. The compatibility project is subject to a public enquiry carried out in accordance with

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Guardianship and succession matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 15

The judicial court may also appoint a notary to affix and remove seals; it may instruct him to make an inventory.The interested heirs must be called to these operations if no delay results. Where thes…

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