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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1465

In regional aid areas and for operations carried out from 1 January 2007 until 31 December 2023, the municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Annual tax on vacant dwellings.

Article 232

I. - The annual tax on vacant accommodation is applicable:1° In communes belonging to a continuous urbanisation zone of more than fifty thousand inhabitants where there is a marked imbalance between t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Missions

Article L514-1

I. - Municipal credit unions are public municipal credit and welfare institutions. In particular, their mission is to combat usury by granting loans against tangible collateral, for which they have a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions

Article L5216-8

Revenue for the conurbation community's budget includes:1° The tax resources mentioned in I and V of article 1379-0 bis of the General Tax Code.The conurbation community may, in addition, collect, in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Ethics

Article R261-8

The members of the Commission de protection de l'accès aux œuvres are subject to an obligation of impartiality. On taking up their duties, the members of the Commission shall inform the Chairman of: 1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-20

I.-The allowances allocated for the performance of the duties of mayor and chairman of a special delegation and the maximum allowances for the actual performance of the duties of deputy mayor of munic…

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

Article R332-14

Pursuant to the provisions of 3° and 8° of article R. 332-2, units or shares of undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities covered by section 1 and collective investments covere…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Markets of national interest

Article L761-5

Within the perimeter mentioned in article L. 761-4, plans to set up or extend premises or groups of premises intended to receive, for the purposes of non-retail sales, products on the list defined by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General provisions

Article 677

Subject to special provisions, the following are subject to proportional or progressive taxation: 1° Transfers, either inter vivos or by death, of ownership or usufruct of movable or immovable propert…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1° ter: Rural regeneration zones. Rental housing acquired and improved with financial assistance from the Agence nationale de l'habitat (National Housing Agency)

Article 1383 E

I. - In the rural revitalisation areas mentioned in article 1465 A, the municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax authority may, by means of a general…

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