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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1382

The following are exempt from property tax on built properties:1° Buildings owned by the State and local authorities, when they are assigned to a public service or of general utility and do not produc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Special rebates

Article 1398

In the event of loss of standing crops as a result of hail, frost, flooding, fire or other extraordinary events, a proportional reduction in the property tax relating for the current year to the plots…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article L775-13

I.- Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Objectives and resources agreement

Article D6323-21-4

I.-The management costs of the commissions may not exceed a ceiling determined in the agreement on objectives and resources. These costs are defined on the basis of requests submitted by the joint int…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1396

I. - Property tax on undeveloped properties is established on the basis of the cadastral rental value of these properties determined in accordance with the rules defined in

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Cooperation with the Commission de Régulation de l'Energie and the bodies responsible for physical agricultural markets

Article L621-21-1

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall cooperate with the competent bodies for the supervision, management and regulation of the physical agricultural markets, designated under the conditions laid…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Keeping a record of queries and consultations

Article R53-21-19

The register shall keep for a period of three years, within the limits of the periods defined in Article R. 53-21-20, information relating to recordings, deletions and interrogations of which it is th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Two-year exemption

Article 1383

I.-New buildings, reconstructions and additions to buildings for residential use are exempt from property tax on built properties for the two years following their completion. The municipality may, by…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1397

The spouses may agree, in the interests of the family, to modify their matrimonial property regime, or even change it entirely, by notarial deed. On pain of nullity, the notarial deed contains the liq…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: The descriptive statement

Article 1323

When it appears that the consistency of the goods left on the premises after separation of the precious objects pursuant to the provisions of article 1313 does not justify the affixing of seals, the b…

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