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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7a: Forestry and insurance investment account

Article D221-123

…restry Code, the total amount of these withdrawals may not exceed 30% of the sums on deposit at 1st January of the year in question in any one calendar year.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company.

Article R743-89

…22, 24 and 26 of decree no. 78-704 of 3 July 1978 relating to the application of law no. 78-9 of 4 January 1978 amending Title IX of Book III of the Civil Code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article R3311-3

…f revenue vouchers. However, this period includes an additional period extending to the last day of January of the following year. This provision does not apply to operations relating solely to the in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions

Article R4031-43

Health professionals working under the agreement-based scheme on 1 January of the year are liable to pay the contribution instituted by article L. 4031-4. The contribution is paid by 15 May at the lat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to each fraction (R)

Article R1614-79

…ulation of the municipality or public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation does not exceed 25,000 inhabitants, the minimum surface area is equal to 0.07 square metres per inhabitant ;b) Where…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental investment harmonisation conference (R)

Article D3441-1

…yors of communes with fewer than 12,000 inhabitants; one mayor of a commune with between 12,000 and 25,000 inhabitants, appointed by the college of mayors of communes with between 12,000 and 25,000 in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L1237-5

…Security Code: 1° Within the framework of an agreement or a collective agreement concluded before 1 January 2008 setting out compensatory measures in terms of employment or vocational training; 2° For…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 234 decies A

…and the registration duties provided for in articles 736 to 741 bis for the period running from 1 January to 30 September 1998, must enter, on the declaration provided for in article 170 relating to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating conditions

Article L6213-2

…practise as medical biologists:1° From the date of entry into force of Ordinance no. 2010-49 of 13 January 2010 on medical biology, a person who fulfils the conditions for practising medical biology…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Departmental fund

Article 1648 A

…nt paid in 2020. For 2022, the amount to be paid is equal to the amount paid in 2021. In respect of 2023, the amount to be paid is equal to the amount paid in 2022.From 2012, the overall amount mentio…

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