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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-33

…r-municipal cooperation with their own tax status in the overseas departments and the Department of Mayotte that do not form a whole of more than 150,000 inhabitants in one piece and without an enclav…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 1: Development tax

Article 1635 quater D

…n premises and their annexes mentioned in articles 278 sexies and 296 ter and, in French Guiana and Mayotte, the construction of the same premises, provided they are financed under conditions defined…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-10

…and L. 5143-6, or without complying with the prescription restrictions laid down in application of 18° of article L. 5141-16. 5143-6, or without complying with the restrictions on prescribing laid do…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 B

…demergers, mergers of companies or transfers of establishments carried out as from 1 January 1976 may not be less than two-thirds of the rental value applied in the year preceding the contribution,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 decies E

Any taxpayer who, between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2010, acquires a new dwelling or a dwelling in a future state of completion forming part of a classified tourist residence in a rural revitalis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-19

I. - The assets of a general-purpose investment fund may also include, up to the limit of 10% stipulated in II of article R. 214-32-18 : 1° warrants ; 2° Savings bonds 3° Promissory notes 4° mortgage…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1464 I bis

…ipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation of general scope taken under the conditions defined in article 1639 A bis, ex…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Brokers, commission agents, carriers and commercial agents.

Article R134-6

…the clerk exchanges information with the latter under the conditions set out in Article R. 123-30-18.Any fact likely to modify any of the particulars appearing on the declaration of registration sha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-19

If secure detention is not extended or is terminated pursuant to articles 706-53-17 or 706-53-18 and if the person presents risks of committing the offences mentioned in article 706-53-13, the regiona…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Beneficiaries of stateless status

Article L424-19

…member of a beneficiary of stateless status", identical to the card provided for in article L. 424-18, issued to a foreign national who has obtained stateless status, is issued to: 1° Their spouse, c…

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