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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article R1115-9

I.-The representatives of local and regional authorities are appointed for a renewable term of three years by order of the Prime Minister. They may not serve beyond their elected term of office. They…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section unique : Le conseil des sites de Corse

Article R4421-5-1

A permanent delegation is created within the sites council sitting in a formation known as "heritage and architecture", whose powers are described in article R. 611-23 of the heritage code.It comprise…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section unique : Le conseil des sites de Corse

Article R4421-2

…ommon to the formations provided for in 1°, 2° and 4° of article R. 4421-1, divided into three colleges, and appointed under the conditions provided for in article R. 4421-6:1° Eight members belonging…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article D910-1 C

I.-In Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana and La Réunion, the observatory of prices, margins and incomes mentioned in article L. 910-1 C in addition to its chairman, comprises the following members:…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
General definition of taxable income

Article 13

1. The taxable profit or income consists of the excess of the gross proceeds, including the value of profits and benefits in kind, over the expenditure incurred in acquiring and maintaining the income…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238-0 A

1. States and territories whose situation with regard to transparency and exchange of information in tax matters has been the subject of a review by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Deve…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-1

I.-The units of account referred to in article L. 131-1 are :1° The assets listed in 1°, 2°, 2° bis, 2° ter, 3°, 4°, 5° and 8° of article R. 332-2 ; 2° Under the conditions set out in articles R. 131-…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R442-3

For the application of the provisions of this book in Saint-Barthélemy: 1° Access to work for foreign nationals is exercised under the conditions laid down by the legislation and regulations applicabl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 80

I.-The investigating judge may only inform by virtue of an indictment issued by the public prosecutor. The indictment may be made against a named or unnamed person. When facts, not covered by the indi…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 nonies

…t as follows :A-0.-The authorisations mentioned in each of the rows of the tables in the second paragraph of a and b of A of this 1 and in the second and third rows of the table in the second paragrap…

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