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French Civil CodeIn force
Subtitle I: General provisions

Article 2324

…whether it relates to movable or immovable property. It is general when it relates to all movables and immovables or only to movables or only to immovables. It is special where it relates only to spe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subtitle I: General provisions

Article 2325

…ly on the property assigned as security. The provisions of articles 2299,2302to 2305-1,2308 to 2312 and 2314 are then applicable.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Movable liens

Article 2330

Moveable liens are granted by law. They may be general or special. The legal provisions governing them are to be interpreted strictly. They give the right to be preferred to other creditors. Unless ot…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Bodies and operations

Article L5211-11-2

…unal cooperation with its own tax system places on the agenda of the deliberative body: 1° A debate and deliberation on the drafting of a governance pact between the communes and the public establishm…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 octies : Activities created in defence restructuring zones

Article 44 terdecies

…income tax or corporation tax on profits from activities located in the defence restructuring zone and made until the end of the fifty-ninth month following the start of activity in this zone.The ben…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 septies : Companies located in employment areas to be revitalised

Article 44 duodecies

I. - Taxpayers who create activities between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2023 in the employment areas to be redynamised defined in 3 bis of article 42 of law no. 95-115 of 4 February 1995 on region…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 undecies: Companies located in dynamic urban areas

Article 44 sexdecies

…the urban areas to be revitalised defined in II, companies that are created between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2023 and, when they are located in the communes mentioned in the sixth paragraph of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition and content of the plan

Article R4251-9

In terms of transport infrastructure, intermodality, logistics and the development of passenger and freight transport, the following are determined:- new infrastructure falling within the region's rem…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition and content of the plan

Article R4251-8

The document is structured into chapters, the number, themes and structure of which are freely decided by the region, within the areas of competence of the plan. It includes the rules defined by artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the certificate of competence in speech and language therapy.

Article D4341-5

The certificat de capacité d'orthophoniste is a national higher education diploma, in accordance with the third paragraph (2°) of article D. 613-7 of the French Education Code.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
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