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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Milk products, colostrum and milk or non-milk fats

Article R412-28

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of points 1 and 2 of Chapter IV, 1 and 2 of Section IX "Raw milk, colostrum, milk products and colostrum-based products" o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis MA

I. - A tax on certain advertising expenses is introduced with effect from 1 January 1998.II. - This tax is payable by any person liable to value added tax whose turnover for the previous calendar year…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 quater

The basis of assessment for property tax on built properties for residential premises allocated exclusively to the accommodation of seasonal agricultural employees under the conditions provided for by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Reduction of duties

Article 1595

There shall be levied for the benefit of the départements an additional tax on registration duties or land registration tax payable on transfers for valuable consideration: 1° of immovable property or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article L2334-18-2

The allocation for each eligible municipality is equal to its population multiplied by the value of the index allocated to it. This product is weighted by the tax effort up to a limit of 1.3 and by a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operating grants without earmarking

Article L2335-4

During the period in which the provisions designed to facilitate the progressive fiscal integration of merged communes apply, the State grants financial aid to the new commune. The amount of this aid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation.

Article L5215-1

The urban community is a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation that brings together several municipalities in a single block and without an enclave that, on the date of its creation, fo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L734-7

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions set out in II, in the wording indicat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article L785-6

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Master plans, sector plans and regional plans for the organisation of missions

Article R711-44

The regional scheme for the organisation of missions referred to in Article 1 of L. 711-8 describes the functions and tasks carried out by the regional chamber of commerce and industry and those carri…

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