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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R156-2

…the Schengen Agreement signed on 19 June 1990 are deleted; 6° References to Regulation (EC) No 390-2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 are deleted; 7° The references t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Municipal services

Article L2573-25

…ct to the adaptations provided for in II to VI. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE FORM OF: L. 2223-1 law no. 2016-1658 of 5 December 2016 L. 2223-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 4° of Article L. 2223-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Status and missions

Article L1231-2

…n an ancillary basis, and all the premises therein, in the areas mentioned in the article 42 of law no. 95-115 of 4 February 1995 on regional planning and development and in article 1465 A of the Gene…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Maintenance of the register and effects of registration

Article A123-30

…ing; b) The date of registration or filing; c) The management number provided for in article A. 123-29 in the case of registrations or the filing number of deeds and documents, accounting documents be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-41-1

…ities whose eligibility for the grant provided for in the fourth paragraph of II of Article L. 5211-29 has been established under the conditions set out in Article L. 5214-23-1. The proposed extension…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-28

…irst put into service, and make this inventory available to the agents mentioned in article L. 1333-29 and article L. 5412-1 ; 2° To define and implement an organisation designed to ensure that the ma…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-58

…and in articles : 1° L. 1233-8, for collective redundancies of less than ten employees ; 2° L. 1233-29, first paragraph, for redundancies involving at least ten employees in a company with less than f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 sexvicies

…meaning of Article 4 B can benefit from an income tax reduction for the acquisition, from 1 January 2009 until 31 December 2022, a new dwelling or a dwelling in a future state of completion or a dwell…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R743-100

…ransfer or purchase them, in accordance with the provisions in third paragraph of article 19 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966. This period may be renewed by the Minister of Justice at the request…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article R743-10

…32-24 to R. 214-32-27n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013R. 214-32-28n° 2022-82 of 28 January 2022R. 214-32-29n° 2021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 214-32-30, R. 214-32-32 to R. 214-32-34n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013R.…

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