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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article R4421-15

…e provisions of articles R. 4421-10 to R. 4421-14, insofar as they govern the operation of the Corsican Sites Council sitting in a formation known as "heritage and architecture", are applicable to the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VG

…A declaration, in accordance with a model drawn up by the administration, records the items used to calculate the income tax relating to the capital gain and, where applicable, the items used to calcu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Representative offices of investment firms

Article L532-15

When the offices are opened by portfolio management companies, the notification provided for in Article L. 532-14 is sent to the Autorité des marchés financiers. The latter shall inform the Autorité d…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions relating to the preservation of film heritage

Article 211-15

…f these works to enable them to be exploited on a long-term basis, consistent with their heritage vocation. To this end, production companies must provide the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Sustainable development plan

Article L4424-15

The representative of the State in the territorial collectivity of Corsica may ask the territorial collectivity of Corsica to amend the planning and sustainable development plan in order to allow the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Accounting provisions.

Article R214-151

…of the financial year. No later than one month after receiving the management report or, where applicable, the annual financial statements amended following their observations, the statutory auditors…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Judicial divorce by mutual consent

Article 1100

…eement and, consequently, the pronouncement of the divorce will be subject. It includes, where applicable, the provisional measures approved by the judge pursuant to article 250-2 of the Civil Code.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Investment allowances

Article 411-15

…production account under 2° of article…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Semiconductor products

Article R*622-3-2

Failing an express decision within the time limit mentioned in Article R. 622-3-1, the filing is deemed to have been rejected.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Statistical reporting requirements for the compilation of France's balance of payments and international investment position

Article R734-14

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording…

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