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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Certificate of conformity

Article R752-44-13

…is located and to the president of the public inter-communal cooperation establishment with its own tax system of which the commune in which the site is located is a member. The prefect immediately se…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Service at the request of the parties

Article A444-34

…2 Service of order made on request-art 167 law 1st June 1924 (and 950 cpc) 25.53 € 133 Service of a tax order 25.53 134 Service of a decision rendered by the Tribunal d'Instance in matters of Local La…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Withdrawal and payment of resources from the Fonds de solidarité des communes de la région d'Ile-de-France (R).

Article R2531-32

…out in articles L. 2334-2 and L. 2334-4. The income taken into account is the last known reference tax income.For the application of c of 3° of II of Article L. 2531-13, communes contributing for the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R5211-6

…plicable to public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation which have introduced the tourist tax under the conditions set out in article L. 5211-21. For the application of these provisions: 1°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tobacco control

Article D3822-3

…ation in Wallis and Futuna: 1° In article D. 3512-9-1, the words: "tobacconists, holders of the status of purchaser-reseller and resellers, mentioned in the first paragraph of article 568 of the Gener…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Business project support contract

Article R5142-3

…xth paragraph of Article R. 242-1 of this code, the income corresponding to the receipts (excluding tax) generated by the activity of the beneficiary of the support contract and to the remuneration pr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-27

…2 and R. 352-5, the following rules apply: a) Until 31 December 2017, the standard parameters to be used to calculate the concentration risk sub-module and the margin risk sub-module under the standar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-23

The professional practice standard relating to obtaining an understanding of and making use of the work of the internal audit, approved by the Minister of Justice, is set out below: PROFESSIONAL PRACT…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Definitions.

Article R5221-4

…definitions shall apply 1° Accessory means any article which is intended by its manufacturer to be used principally with an in vitro diagnostic medical device in order to enable the latter to be used…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3b: Equalised compensation scheme

Article L3334-16-3

…et of levies resulting from the application of a of A of I and of II of Article 1641 of the General Tax Code to property tax on built-up properties are allocated to the départements as compensation fo…

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