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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article R2335-1

…rst increase corresponding to the compensation mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 2123-18-2 is allocated to municipalities with a population of less than 3,500 inhabitants, according to t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-3

…they exercise the option to renounce their French nationality in the cases provided for in Articles 18-1, 19-4 and 22-3.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L2511-1-1

The provisions of articles L. 2122-2-1, L. 2122-18-1 and L. 2144-2 are not applicable to the City of Paris and the municipalities of Marseille and Lyon.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives.

Article R812-10

The provisions of

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 196 bis

…on of one or more of the events or conditions mentioned in 4 to 6 of article 6, the situation on 31 December of the tax year is taken into account.The family expenses to be taken into account are thos…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Injunction procedures.

Article 1424-1

This section relates to the European order for payment procedure provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 creating a European orde…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title I: Rules common to non-marine damage insurance and life and health insurance

Article A111-6

…A. 111-5 apply to group insurance contracts and memberships concluded or taken out no later than 20 December 2012 and to these contracts and memberships tacitly renewed after this date. However, artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L4331-2

…e following fractions determined under the conditions provided for in IX of Article 60 of Law No. 2018-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finance for 2020:- that mentioned in I of Article 59 of Law no. 2003-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Criminal provisions

Article L754-19

Article L. 352-1, as amended byOrder no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000, is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Common provisions

Article D420-5

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/591 of 1 December 2016 clarifies the definition of economically equivalent OTC contracts.

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