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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 sexies-0 A

The reduced rates provided for in article 278 sexies are equal to:Sectors or premises concerned Subdivision of article 278 sexies Rate Social rental housing financed by a subsidised integration loan 1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Maximum period of absence.

Article R2123-10

To set the maximum time of absence to which, pursuant to article L. 2123-5, elected representatives who are civil servants governed by titles II, III or IV of the general civil service regulations or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate.

Article R3123-8

To set the maximum time of absence to which, pursuant to article L. 3123-3, elected representatives who are civil servants governed by titles II, III or IV of the general civil service regulations or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate.

Article R4135-8

To set the maximum time of absence to which, pursuant to article L. 4135-3, elected representatives who are civil servants governed by titles II, III or IV of the general civil service regulations or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article R7125-8

To set the maximum time of absence to which, pursuant to article L. 7125-3, elected representatives who are civil servants governed by titles II, III or IV of the general civil service regulations or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate or office

Article R7227-8

To set the maximum time of absence to which, pursuant to article L. 7227-3, elected representatives who are civil servants governed by titles II, III or IV of the general civil service regulations or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Legal status of documents

Article L4423-1

…ica, the acts of the President of the Assembly of Corsica as well as the deliberations of the Executive Council, the decrees of the President of the Executive Council deliberated within the Executive…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VII quater : Deferral of taxation on capital gains realised from property exchange transactions with the State, local authorities and public establishments

Article 238 octies C

…t for inter-municipal cooperation or a public establishment or association mentioned in Chapters I, II and IV of Title II of Book III of the Town Planning Code may, on option, not be taxed on the exch…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-1 art R212-88 et R212-89

…address, company name, legal nature of employer);Insurance: certificate of insurance covering the civil liability of the declarant and the persons he/she supervises:Date, duration of the activity, nu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 8: Commission de la coopération intercommunale de la Polynésie française.

Article D5842-6

…R. 5211-37 to R. 5211-40 shall apply in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II, III, IV, V, VI and VII. II. - For the application of article R. 5211-19, the word: "préfectoral"…

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