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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-4-2

…rs on behalf of the municipality or the State, with the exception of the tasks mentioned in article 23 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Suspended probation

Article R60-1

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Transfers

Article L224-40

…institué par la Caisse nationale de prévoyance de la fonction publique mentionné à l'article L. 132-23 du code des assurances ; 4° Une convention d'assurance de groupe dénommée "complémentaire retrait…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 septies

…er the transaction. These provisions apply to transfers of assets carried out on or after 1 January 2007. II. - Transactions involving the transfer of assets, rights and obligations carried out, at ne…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L365-2

…Article L. 312-2: a) the references to Articles L. 421-9 to L. 421-11, L. 421-15, L. 421-16, L. 421-23 and L. 421-24 are deleted; b) the article is supplemented by a paragraph worded as follows: "The…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L366-2

…Article L. 312-2: a) the references to Articles L. 421-9 to L. 421-11, L. 421-15, L. 421-16, L. 421-23 and L. 421-24 are deleted; b) the article is supplemented by a paragraph worded as follows:

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Issuance of Bulletin No. 2 of the Criminal Record

Article R79

…e tax authorities when issuing the certificates provided for in article 6 of decree no. 75-911 of 6 October 1975 relating to approved management centres ; 14° To State administrations, local authoriti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-32

In each housing finance company, the specific controller referred to in Article L. 513-23 ensures that the company complies with Articles L. 513-28 to L. 513-30.It also verifies that the housing loans…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General provisions

Article 677

…the formation of economic interest groupings constituted in accordance with articles L251-1 to L251-23 of the French Commercial Code, real estate contributions made to associations formed in accordanc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-1

…rces referred to in 1 correspond, for municipalities, to those referred to in 1° of a of Article L. 2331-3 and, for public intercommunal cooperation establishments with their own tax system, to those…

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