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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 970

The assets mentioned in article 965 placed in a trust defined in article 792-0 bis are included, for their net market value on 1st January of the tax year, as the case may be, in the assets of the set…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Specific procedures

Article 900

…ompensation for their loss in any way whatsoever, and is therefore in a serious material situation, may obtain compensation under the conditions set out in Articles 706-3 (third and last paragraph) to…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration

Article R113-10

The establishment's employees are entitled, after service, to a gross salary calculated on the basis of the index for their classification step. The value of the point is that of the civil service and…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 917-3

…during the period of restriction of the hours of reception of the public, by derogation to articles 916-9 and 916-10, the rates of calculation of the sums representing the automatic financial aid to w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article R236-9

Merger auditors are appointed and carry out their duties under the conditions set out in Article R. 22-10-7.If only one report is drawn up for the entire operation, the appointment is made at the join…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Rural solidarity grant.

Article R2334-9

The amount received by a commune under 4° of Article L. 2334-22 is equal to the product of its population multiplied by the relative difference between the commune's financial potential per hectare an…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-10

…ust neither be drawn up nor transcribed in France, an order of the minister responsible for culture may extend the benefit of the additional thirty-year extension to the heirs or other successors in t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of fire and rescue services in Alsace

Article L1424-94

…bers and a maximum of thirty members. Its composition is determined in accordance with article L. 1424-26. The seats are divided between: 1° The Collectivité européenne d'Alsace; 2° The municipalities…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of fire and rescue services in Alsace

Article L1424-93

Each fire and rescue service in Alsace is administered by a board of directors made up of representatives of the European Collectivity of Alsace, the communes and the public establishments for inter-c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of fire and rescue services in Alsace

Article L1424-96

…shall be of different genders to the Chairman. At least one vice-chairman is elected from among the mayors representing the municipalities and public inter-municipal cooperation bodies or, if there is…

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