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French General Tax CodeIn force
14°: Joint ownership of estates in Corsica. Temporary regime

Article 1135

Provided they are drawn up between 1 January 1986 and 31 December 2014, notarised powers of attorney and attestations after death are exempt from any collection for the benefit of the Treasury when th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Fees for the removal of waste, refuse and residues, fees for the removal of household refuse from campsites and special fees

Article L2573-46

I. - The articles L. 2333-76 to L. 2333-78, with the exception of its second to fourth paragraphs, are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the provisions set out in II and III. I…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution.

Article L322-13

The central insurance companies are public limited companies which belong to the public sector by virtue of the aforementioned law no. 46-835 of 25 April 1946 and the aforementioned law no. 73-8 of 4…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director and staff of the Agency

Article R4642-7

The Agency may employ contractual agents under the conditions laid down by Decree no. 2014-21 of 9 January 2014 setting out the contractual conditions applicable to agents of the National Agency for t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-25

The rights of access and rectification provided for in articles 39 and 40 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms may be exercised with the Agence de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial and statistical monitoring

Article R5134-24

The rights of access and rectification provided for in articles 39 and 40 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms may be exercised with the Agence de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission to Pôle emploi of a nominative list of beneficiaries of the revenu de solidarité active (active solidarity income) and the allocation aux adultes handicapés (disabled adults' allowance)

Article R5312-37

The right to object provided for in the first paragraph of article 38 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, data files and individual liberties shall not apply to the process…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article D6145-34

The provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 6145-2 apply when the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure has not been drawn up by the Director by 1st January of the year to which it re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX octies: Taxe spéciale d'équipement au profit de l'établissement public Société du Grand Paris (Special equipment tax for Société du Grand Paris)

Article 1609 G

…rticle.The product of this tax is set annually at the amount provided for in I of Article 46 of Law n° 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the finances for 2012.The proceeds mentioned in the second parag…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6123-204

Authorisation may only be granted if the holder has: 1° An on-site interventional sector; 2° On-site access, by agreement or, where applicable, as part of the shared medical project of the regional ho…

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