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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 quater

…visions of Book II of Part Six of the Labour Code, under the conditions set out in article 6 of law no. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending law no. 86-1290 of 23 Dec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers

Article L2334-26

…ttee recalculates this reduction in the amount entered in the initial Finance Act, no later than 31 July of the year following the allocation, on the basis of the rate of change between the actual num…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Payment to finance mobility services

Article L2531-4

…ités within the limits:1° Of 2.95% in Paris and the Hauts-de-Seine department;1° bis Of 2.12% for 2017, 2.33% for 2018, 2.54% for 2019, 2.74% for 2020 and 2.95% from 1 January 2021 in the communes of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Provisions relating to relations with the authorities of non-EU Member States in the context of a resolution procedure

Article L613-62-2

I. - For the application of this section and notwithstanding the provisions of Act 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the communication of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical docu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article L5832-2

…es articles L. 5214-1 à L. 5214-29 ; 10° Les articles L. 5216-1 à L. 5216-10; 11° Les articles L. 5217-1 à L. 5217-21. III.-For the application to Mayotte of the first paragraph of Article L. 5216-10,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal records

Article R308

…the government commissioner at one of the courts of the armed forces set up in accordance with law no. 82-621 of 21 July 1982, when the persons concerned request a bulletin no. 3 or a bulletin no. 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation.

Article R518-71

…the applicable provisions of the Consumer Code and articles 26-4 to 26-10 of the aforementioned Act no. 65-557 of 10 July 1965. The AMF will refuse authorisation if there are reasonable grounds for be…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-19

…e notice referred to in article appendix 30-18: 1° The documents referred to in article appendix 30-17 and, where applicable, the report of the merger, demerger or contribution auditor referred to in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quarantine and isolation measures

Article R3131-19

I. - Subject to the powers of the Prefect of Police referred to inarticle 73-1 of decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004 on the powers of prefects and the organisation and operation of State services in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-16-1

…orts betting operator holding the authorisation provided for inArticle 21 of the aforementioned Law No. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010; 2° By request addressed to the company holding the exclusive rights to…

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