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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX ter : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of public land and development establishments in French Guiana and Mayotte

Article 1609 B

…'habitations à loyer modéré, les sociétés immobilières d'économie mixte créées en application de la loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 tendant à l'établissement, au financement et à l'exécution de plans d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Culture and communication

Article L4424-7

…f listed or registered historic monuments belonging to the State on the date of promulgation of the loi n° 2002-92 du 22 janvier 2002 relative à la Corse, situés sur le territoire de la collectivité t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-18

…at it is kept in secure conditions and in accordance with the provisions of 5° of l'article 6 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 modifiée relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés. The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article A123-80-1

…n provided for by the article L. 123-1-1 of the French Commercial Code or by V of article 19 of the loi n° 96-603 du 5 juillet 1996 relative au développement et à la promotion du commerce et de l'arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Experimentation

Article LO1113-6

Before the expiry of the period set for the experiment and in the light of its evaluation, the law shall determine, where appropriate:- the conditions for extending or modifying the experimentation fo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Appeals to the Court of Cassation

Article 591

Rulings by the investigating chamber and final rulings and judgments handed down by the trial courts, when they are in the form prescribed by law, may only be quashed for breach of the law..

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L513-26

Notwithstanding articles 1349 of the French Civil Code and L. 228-44 and L. 228-74 of the French Commercial Code, sociétés de crédit foncier may subscribe to their own "obligations foncières" for the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-8

The rights granted by the loi du 14 juillet 1866 sur les droits des héritiers et des ayants cause des auteurs aux héritiers et autres ayants cause des auteurs, compositeurs ou artistes sont prorogues…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Economic aid

Article L2251-3

…nicipality may entrust responsibility for creating or managing it to an association governed by the loi du 1er juillet 1901 relative au contrat d'association or to any other person; it may also grant…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-30

…ven under the conditions provided for the transfer of shares by l'article 19, premier alinéa, de la loi du 29 novembre 1966. If the consent to the preferential allotment provided for in the second par…

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