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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Expenditure

Article L2564-20

The 7° of Article L. 2321-2 is applicable in Mayotte from 1 January 2014.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-13

The tax is paid by the operator of the medium or, failing that, by the owner or, failing that, by the person in whose interest the medium was created. When the medium is created after 1st January, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-14

The tax is payable, on the basis of a receipt drawn up on the basis of a declaration by the operator of the advertising medium, to the commune, the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-6

Communities may, by deliberation of their municipal councils, taken before 1st July of the year preceding that of taxation, introduce a local tax on outdoor advertising levied on advertising media wit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2573-41

I. - The articles L. 2321-1 to L. 2321-3 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For the application of Article L. 2321-2:1° In 2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Unforeseen expenditure

Article L2573-42

Articles L. 2322-1 and L. 2322-2 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article LO6471-1

…ain operations, activities or services are individualised within annexed budgets. The budget is divided into chapters and articles. A joint order of the minister responsible for the budget and the min…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L132-5

Failure to carry out the corrective notices provided for in article L. 132-4 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-22

The Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée's right of recovery is exercised until 31 December of the third year following the year in respect of which the taxes or contributions became due. Th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-17

When the agents mentioned in…

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