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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-7-1

A compensation allowance is created within the departments' overall operating allowance, the amount of which is equal in 2004, for each department, to the amount due in respect of 2003 pursuant to art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L330-1

I. - An interbank settlement system or a system for the settlement and delivery of financial instruments means a national or international procedure organising relations between at least three partici…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 244 quater X

I. - 1. The low-income housing bodies mentioned in Article L. 411-2 du code de la construction et de l'habitation, with the exception of sociétés anonymes coopératives d'intérêt collectif pour l'acces…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Calculation methods for creative documentaries

Article 311-49

…of 1° or a of 2° of article 311-8 and remunerated in accordance with the collective agreements and conventions applicable in the sectors concerned; 4° The number of foreign countries for which a publ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe statuts types

REGIONAL UNION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS REGIONAL FEDERATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Model statutes I. - Aim and composition of the association Article 1 a) With regard to regional unions of healthcare…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 156

Income tax is based on the total amount of annual net income available to each tax household. This net income is determined having regard to the property and capital owned by the members of the tax ho…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 244 quater U

I. - 1. The credit institutions and finance companies mentioned in Article L. 511-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code which is liable for corporation tax, income tax or an equivalent tax, and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1621-3

A fund is created to finance the individual right to training of local elected representatives, provided for in Articles L. 2123-12-1, L. 3123-10-1, L. 4135-10-1, L. 7125-12-1 and L. 7227-12-1 of this…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article L312-19

I. - Each year, the credit institutions mentioned in Title I of Book V and the electronic money and payment institutions mentioned in Title II of the same book shall draw up a list of inactive account…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Scope and definitions

Article L511-1

I.-The distribution of insurance or reinsurance is the activity which consists of providing recommendations on insurance or reinsurance contracts, presenting, proposing or assisting in the conclusion…

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