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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article R214-77

…a local investment fund. The respective situation of these establishments is assessed either on 1st January of the year of investment, or three months prior to the date of investment.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Health conditions inherent in residential premises

Article R1331-26

…ided that it is easily accessible, and this until the date set in article 6 bis of the decree of 30 January 2002 relating to the characteristics of decent housing taken for the application ofarticle 1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Electronic voting.

Article R713-25

…p files are kept under seal, in accordance with the conditions set out in article 4 of the Act of 6 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties. This storage is carried out un…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Leasing

Article R754-7

…laid down for contracts of the same nature governed by Articles 28 and 37 of Decree no. 55-22 of 4 January 1955, as amended, on the reform of land registration" are deleted.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Termination of pregnancy for medical reasons

Article R2445-1

…cable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in the version resulting from Decree no. 2014-32 of 14 January 2014 , subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II.-A.In article R. 2213-1, the words:…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article D4134-32

…ust 2000 or article 1 of decree no. 2001-623 of 12 July 2001 or article 1 of decree no. 2002-9 of 4 January 2002. However, where there is a derogation from this annual working time, account shall be t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 septvicies

I. - 1. Taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of l'article 4 B who acquire, between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2012, a new home or a home in a future state of completion benefit from an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-1

…security contributions; 4° Under the conditions provided for in article 88-1 of Law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, expenditure relating to th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article L621-5-3

…ion on market capitalisation provided for in IIa of this article. This contribution is payable on 1 January of each year and is based on the gross annual amount of buybacks carried out during the prev…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-4

…ual to 3,000 euros per minute produced; 2° Audiovisual works belonging to the documentary genre are 24 minutes or longer and have a production cost greater than or equal to 2,333 euros per minute prod…

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