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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A quater

I. - Municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of Article 1639 A bis,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Tax base

Article 1467

The business property tax is based on the rental value of property subject to property tax located in France, excluding property exempt from property tax on built-up properties under 11°, 12° and 13°…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Powers of the Regional Council

Article L4433-3

Each of the Regional Councils of Guadeloupe, Mayotte and Réunion may, on its own initiative or at the request of the Prime Minister or the Minister responsible for the overseas departments, submit to…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-14

When an application relating to the exercise of parental authority is lodged before the expiry of the term of the protection measures or when the protection order is made while proceedings relating to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Provisions specific to the adoption of one or more early intervention measures

Article L613-45-1

I. - Provided that the essential obligations of the contract continue to be met, in particular the obligations to pay and deliver financial instruments and the guarantee obligations, the provisions of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions relating to the setting up of a relay establishment

Article L613-53

I. - The resolution board may use a bridging institution to acquire, on one or more occasions, on a provisional basis and with a view to a sale under the conditions it sets, in compliance with competi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-23

Statutory auditors of portfolio management companies and data communication service providers are bound by professional secrecy with regard to the Autorité des marchés financiers.Statutory auditors ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Investment recommendations produced or disseminated as part of a journalistic activity

Article L621-34

The association may impose one of the following sanctions on member companies, their publication director or, failing that, their legal representative, depending on the seriousness of the breach: 1° A…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-16-1

By way of derogation from the allocations provided for in the first paragraph of Article A. 132-16 and in exceptional situations, the provision for profit sharing may be written back after authorisati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Helping employers manage health and safety at work

Article L4644-1

I.-The employer shall appoint one or more competent employees to deal with the company's occupational risk protection and prevention activities. The employee(s) thus designated by the employer shall r…

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