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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special procedures for determining the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 D

…etermination of the rental value of industrial fixed assets whose ownership is, pursuant to the loi n° 2014-872 du 4 août 2014 portant réforme ferroviaire, transférée à la SNCF ou à SNCF Réseau, le pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 11: Charges for the transport and distribution of electricity and gas and the transport of hydrocarbons and chemicals by pipeline

Article L2333-86

…o run from the date on which they became due. The four-year limitation period instituted by the loi n° 68-1250 du 31 décembre 1968 relative à la prescription des créances sur l'Etat, les départements,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Aid for medical students

Article D1511-53

…and the conditions under which they are granted are set in accordance with the provisions of décret n° 2006-781 du 3 juillet 2006. The mileage base for these allowances may be assessed on a flat-rate…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions.

Article L5214-23

The revenues of the budget of the communauté de communes include:1° The tax resources mentioned in II or, where applicable, I of Article 1379-0 bis of the General Tax Code, as well as those mentioned…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single section: Hospitality certificates

Article L313-2

The attestation d'accueil, signed by the host and accompanied by the supporting documents determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, is submitted for validation to the mayor of the commune in which t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Resources of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-8-1

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall determine the method for calculating contributions to the deposit guarantee scheme. These contributions are based on the amount of guara…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Decision to implement a decision taken by another Member State of the European Union or by a State with which the Schengen acquis applies

Article L615-1

The administrative authority may decide to implement a decision obliging a foreign national to leave the territory of another State in the following cases:1° The foreign national has been the subject…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-21

In the cases provided for in article D. 1271-19, the Minister responsible for personal services will consult the Banque de France and the Agence centrale des organismes de sécurité sociale. Before sus…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Creation, extension and conversion.

Article R2324-21

The Chairman of the Departmental Council has three months from the date on which the application is deemed to be complete to notify the public authority concerned of the opinion provided for in the se…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The constitution.

Article R814-111

The articles of association comply with the requirements of articles 8, 11, 14, 15, 19, 20 and 24 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966. They also state:1° The surname, first names and domicile of eac…

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