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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Legal regime

Article L5217-7

…5215-40 and L. 5215-42 are applicable to metropolitan areas. For the application of article L. 5211-17, the majority conditions required are those set out in article L. 5211-5. II. - When some of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 8: Provisions relating to staff

Article L5217-19

…of the communes that participate in the exercise of the competences mentioned in I of Article L. 5217-2 are transferred to the metropolitan authority, in accordance with the terms and conditions set…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 6: Accounting and financial organisation of the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service (R)

Article R1424-32

…verage consumer price and increased by expenditure linked to the old-age-technical slide.When, on 1 January of the year in question, there is no decision by the Board of Directors to set the methods f…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article R321-16

…ng that deducted in respect of management fees on the one hand and the provisions of Article L. 324-17 on the other hand; 5° The amount of any income from the exploitation of rights which has been dis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for early access authorisation

Article R5121-68

…h year until a decision is taken on its inclusion on one of the lists referred to in Article L. 162-17 of the Social Security Code and Article L. 5123-2 of this Code, in the indication in question, un…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of payment institutions

Article L522-11-1

…o be duly authorised. II. - The provisions of section 3 of this chapter, other than articles L. 522-17 and L. 522-18, do not apply to the institutions mentioned in the first paragraph. These establish…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-13

…European Economic Area, or a pledge of securities meeting the conditions set out in article R. 332-17, up to a limit of 75% of the nominal amount of the said securities. Companies included in the sam…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L611-1

…or on space objects placed under national jurisdiction pursuant to Article VIII of the Treaty of 27 January 1967 on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Sp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies FB

…ilities intended for the storage of livestock effluent constructed, acquired or manufactured from 1 January 2016 until 31 December 2017 may be subject to exceptional depreciation equal to 40% of their…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2c: Marine fishing companies

Article 44 nonies

…its of small-scale fishermen, subject to a real tax regime, who set up for the first time between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2010, are determined, for the first sixty months of activity, after ded…

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