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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Development allowance and equalisation allowance for overseas municipalities

Article L2334-23-2

…ipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants that are department or arrondissement chief towns. From 2020, the sum of the per capita allocations received by a commune in an overseas department under th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
34°: Tax credit for forestry investments

Article 200 quindecies

…Where the acquisition relates to land located in a mountain massif as defined in article 5 of law no. 85-30 of 9 January 1985 relating to the development and protection of mountain areas, it is calc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L775-23

…he right-hand column of the same table:Articles applicableIn the wording resulting fromL. 532-1 Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions adapting to European Union law in the fie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-1

…term of office; d) Failure to comply with the provisions relating to fees set out in Article L. 823-18 and Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014; 3° Persons or entities subject to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 E

…d for in I of this article is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax on the costs of chambers of trade and craft associations

Article 1601

…tax is levied for the benefit of CMA France and the chambers of trade mentioned in article 1 of law no. 48-977 of 16 June 1948 relating to the tax for chamber of trade fees applicable in the departmen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article D1831-1

…ptations provided for in III. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE FORMING RESULTING FROM R. 1221-12 Decree no. 2021-596 of 14 May 2021 R. 1221-13 Decree no. 2000-318 of 7 April 2000 R. 1221-14 and R. 1221-15…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation

Article R2442-2

…férence aux règles de procédure civile applicables en Polynésie française "; 5° A l'article R. 2141-18, for its application in New Caledonia, the words: "The holders of parental authority of a minor,…

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In force

Article Annexe 1-3

…ierobezotu atbildibu;komanditsabiedriba;17° For Lithuania:akcine bendrove;uzdaroji akcine bendrove;18° For Luxembourg:la société anonyme;la société en commandite par actions;la société à responsabili…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for selecting health care organisations

Article R6113-57

…may order the institution to pay a penalty to the fund referred to in Articles L. 174-2 and L. 174-18 of the Social Security Code, the amount of which may not exceed that set in the last paragraph of…

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