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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D2311-7

For municipalities and their public administrative establishments that have opted to vote their budget by function, the budget items correspond:a) Investment section:- for operations that can be broke…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions.

Article D2411-7

The provisions set out in articles L. 2122-4 and L. 2122-7, in the first and second paragraphs of article L. 2122-8 and article L. 2122-13, apply to the election of the chairman of the trade union com…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D3311-7

The articles of the budgets voted by function correspond to: a) Investment section: - for itemisable expenditure and revenue, to groups 90 "Departmental facilities" or 91 "Non-Departmental facilities"…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D4311-7

I. - Pursuant to Article L. 4311-1-1, the President of the Regional Council shall present to the Regional Council an annual report on the situation with regard to equality between women and men in the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article R4221-7

The price of real estate acquisitions made out of court in accordance with the rules of civil law on behalf of the regions and their public establishments may be paid to the vendor, after publication…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 795

The following are exempt from free transfer duties:1° Gifts and bequests of works of art, monuments or objects of historical interest, books, printed matter or manuscripts, made to establishments with…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Honorary status of former councillors to the Assembly of French Guyana

Article L7125-37

Honorary office is conferred by the representative of the State in the territorial collectivity of French Guiana on former councillors to the assembly of French Guiana who have exercised their electiv…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Special provisions for gifts

Article 776

I. - The provisions of I of article 764 are applicable to the assessment of transfer duties inter vivos, free of charge, whenever the furniture transferred is sold publicly within two years of the dee…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 779

I. - For the collection of transfer duties free of charge, an allowance of €100,000 is made on the share of each of the ascendants and on the share of each of the children living or represented as a r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 794

I. - The regions, départements, communes, their public establishments and public hospital establishments are exempt from free transfer duties on assets allocated to non-profit-making activities that c…

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