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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 I

…their own tax status may, by a general resolution adopted under the conditions defined in l'article 1639 A bis, exempt from business property tax establishments carrying out retail sales of new books…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1466 D

…own tax authority may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of l'article 1639 A bis, exempt from business property tax for a period of seven years businesses existing on 1 J…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Allocation of sums held in the automatic online broadcast account

Article 612-15

…penses directly allocated to online broadcasting, excluding the publisher's own operating expenses: 1° Technical expenditure relating to putting works online, including expenditure relating to making…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-37

By way of derogation from the second and third sentences of IV of Article L. 225-102-3, issuers mentioned in I and II of Article L. 451-1-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code and subject to the obliga…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office

Article L3123-9-1

…n the person concerned requests to benefit from the training leave provided for by articles L. 6322-1 to L. 6322-3 of the same code, as well as the skills assessment leave provided for by article L. 6…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office

Article L4135-9-1

…our Code. When the person concerned applies for the training leave provided for in articles L. 6322-1 to L. 6322-3 of the same code as well as the skills assessment leave provided for by Article L. 63…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Dissolution.

Article L5216-10

Within three years of the publication of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale, le périmètre des communautés d'aggloméra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 8: Cremation (R).

Article R2213-34-1

…isation to transfer the body to a coffin suitable for cremation, provided for in article L. 2223-42-1, is issued by the mayor of the municipality of the place where the coffin is opened and changed, a…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R411-1

…orm of a bailiff's deed served on the person being evicted and contains, under penalty of nullity : 1° An indication of the enforceable title under which the eviction is being pursued; 2° The designat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the orthoptist qualification certificate.

Article D4342-9

The certificat de capacité d'orthoptiste, instituted by the decree of 11 August 1956, is a national higher education diploma, in accordance with the second paragraph (1°) of article D. 613-7 of the Ed…

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