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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-16

The arrondissement council deliberates on the location and development programme for local facilities, defined as educational, social, cultural, sports and information facilities for local life, as we…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The National Council

Article R821-37

I.-The National Council is composed of sixty members appointed for a term of four years, including all the presidents of the regional companies and the elected statutory auditors. Half of the members…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6133-8

I.-The Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire is dissolved in the following cases: 1° By decision of the General Meeting, in particular as a result of the achievement or extinction of its purpose. The di…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Management of radiological emergencies

Article R1333-86

…nder the conditions set out in article…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Taxpayer returns

Article 170

…including in particular those used to determine the ceiling on tax benefits provided for in article 200-0 A, and the levy provided for in article 204 A.Where the taxpayer is not taxable on all of his…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIV: Tax on surplus reserves of non-life insurance companies

Article 235 ter X

Property and casualty insurance companies of all kinds must, when they apply to the taxable income for a financial year the surplus of provisions set aside to meet the settlement of claims arising dur…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Local Direct Tax Commission

Article 1650

1. In each commune, a communal direct tax commission is set up with seven members, namely: the mayor or the deputy mayor, chairman, and six commissioners.In communes with more than 2,000 inhabitants,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Transfer of powers.

Article L5215-22

…communes that are members of the community for the competences referred to in I of Article L. 5215-20 that the syndicate exercises, with the exception of the competences whose exercise is organised b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation

Article A752-3

…e R. 752-44-1, to be attached to the certificate of conformity. 2° The provisions of article R. 752-20 of the French Commercial Code, on the period of validity of commercial development authorisations…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L7227-14

…to articles L. 7227-19 à L. 7227-21. The actual amount of this training expenditure may not exceed 20% of the same amount. Appropriations relating to training expenses that have not been used by the…

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