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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IIIa: Community service

Article 733-2

…'article 712-6. In the event of non-performance of community service, the provisions of article 712-17 shall apply.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-1

For the purposes of this chapter, "unavailable book" means a book published in France before 1 January 2001 which is no longer distributed commercially by a publisher and which is not currently publis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Gas distribution and transport (R).

Article R2333-117

…al terms of the calculation of the ceiling of the fees defined in article R. 2333-114 change on 1st January of each year in proportion to the change in the engineering index, defined in a notice in th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 209 quater

…ecial reserve ceases for capital gains taxed in respect of financial years commencing on or after 1 January 2004.2. Amounts withdrawn from this reserve are credited to income for the financial year in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81 quater

…The remuneration, increases and elements of remuneration mentioned in I and III of article L. 241-17 of the social security code are exempt from income tax, under the conditions and limits set out i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Flat-rate tax on network companies

Article 1519 HB

…he flat-rate tax is payable each year by the operator of the electricity production facility on 1st January of the tax year.III.-The amount of the flat-rate tax is established according to the install…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Single chapter: Legal deposit obligation

Article A241-2

…emical medium and on these videograms themselves are laid down by the provisions of the Order of 12 January 1995 relating to the information that must appear on the declaration accompanying the legal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 : Tariff

Article 746

…ubject to registration duty or land registration tax of 2.50%. This rate is reduced to 1.80% from 1 January 2021 and to 1.10% from 1 January 2022 for the division of property interests following a leg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Specific procedures

Article R375

…rought before the commission sitting in Mayotte, the two-month period provided for in Article R. 50-17 is increased by : 1° One month for persons residing in France, outside Mayotte; 2° Two months for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2564-9

Article L. 2121-32 is applicable in Mayotte from 1st January 2014.

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