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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Creation of the solvency margin.

Article R334-11

…to be paid in respect of the last financial year;4. For mutual insurers and unions governed by Book II of the Mutual Code and provident institutions and unions governed by Title 3 of Book 9 of the Soc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Legal system for acts taken by municipal authorities

Article R2131-2-A

…ditions set out in the specifications appended to the order mentioned in the previous paragraph. I. II. - By way of derogation from I, when transmitting all or some of the documents mentioned in artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-34

…istics of their territory.In order to meet the objectives set in the preliminary title and in Title II of Book I of the Energy Code, the public bodies mentioned in the first paragraph of this article,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Termination

Article L145-46-1

…sor or his/her spouse. Nor does it apply when the right of pre-emption instituted in Chapters I and II of Title I of Book II of the Town Planning Code is applied or on the occasion of the disposal of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 235 ter ZC

…he meaning of Article 12 of 39 between the company in question and these latter companies or funds. II. - For companies placed under the regime provided for in Article 223 A or article 223 A bis, the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Products not eligible for direct marketing

Article L341-10

…kets defined in Article L. 423-1 or on a multilateral trading facility subject to the provisions of II of Article L. 433-3, with the exception of units or shares of UCITS or AIFs covered by paragraphs…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-5

…the decisions, including those to institute legal proceedings, taken, pursuant to the provisions of II, VIII, IX and XII of article L. 144-2 and articles R. 144-8 and R. 144-14, by the general meeting…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1517

…ax for the first time or after having temporarily ceased to be liable, it is assigned an assessment.II. - 1. The rental values resulting from the changes mentioned in I of this article are assessed:a)…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 sexvicies

…ning teaching staff and apprenticeship masters and by acquiring technical and educational equipment.II. - The tax is based on the uncapped amount of remuneration used to calculate social security cont…

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

Article L3334-3

…hat recorded in respect of the year preceding the allocation by an amount of 74.02 € per inhabitant.II. - This lump-sum allocation is reduced by an amount set by the Local Finance Committee in order t…

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