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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The Director

Article R1431-13

…rest accounts subject to the operating conditions provided for in the articles R. 1617-1 to R. 1617-18.He participates in the Board of Directors in an advisory capacity, except when he is personally c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Special provisions

Article L1525-1

…s are not applicable: 1° To semi-public companies set up under the Decree-Laws of 5 November and 28 December 1926 and created prior to 8 July 1983, the date of publication of the loi n° 83-597 du 7 ju…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-7

…savings accounts are governed by article 120 of the 2008 rectifying finance act no. 2008-1443 of 30 December 2008.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article L652-1

…ns are applicable to Saint-Barthélemy in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by operation of law…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L654-1

…able in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wording result…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Markets of national interest

Article L761-5

…groups for products that come from holdings located within the reference perimeter.No later than 31 December 2012, an assessment of the organisation of markets of national interest, focusing in partic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L812-5-1-A

…f a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, provided for in Title IV bis of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Transfers of building lease rights and similar agreements

Article 725

…ommercial Code. (1) This tariff applies to deeds drawn up and agreements entered into on or after 1 December 1995.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6: Payroll tax

Article 1679 A

…is rounded, if necessary, to the nearest euro.A mutual insurer which, between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2018, establishes that it has exceeded the staffing threshold referred to in the first para…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Departmental share of excise duty on electricity

Article L3333-2

…he final consumption of electricity mentioned in the present article, in the version in force on 31 December 2020, collected for 2021, increased by 1.5% as well as the change, between 2019 and 2020, i…

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