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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : State financial aid

Article L3334-16-3

…tion sociale et des familles, the allocation personnalisée pour l'autonomie mentioned in article L. 232-1 of the same code and the compensation benefit mentioned in article L. 245-1 of the said code a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Sommaire

…nomous public health institutions (EPS) and public social and medico-social institutions (EPSMS) >. 23. Staff costs of owners' associations . Heading 3. Expenses relating to the exercise of elective o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 decies F

1. An income tax reduction is introduced for taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B who carry out reconstruction, extension, repair or improvement work between 1 January 2005…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 terdecies-0 B

I. - Taxpayers domiciled for tax purposes in France within the meaning of Article 4 B may benefit from a reduction in their income tax equal to 25% of the amount of interest on loans taken out to acqu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IX: Special arrangements applicable to taxable persons supplying services to non-taxable persons or carrying out distance sales of goods or certain domestic supplies of goods

Article 298 sexdecies H

I.-A. The following may avail themselves of this special scheme: 1° Any taxable person established on the territory of the European Union carrying out distance selling of goods imported from third ter…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration on the jobseekers' list

Article R5221-48

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-5

…to an intercommunal social action centre created under the conditions provided for in article L. 123-4-1 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles and called a "territorial social action centr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reporting of positions

Article L420-16

…n institution for occupational retirement provision mentioned in article 8 of order no. 2006-344 of 23 March 2006 relating to supplementary occupational retirement provision; 4° Commercial companies;…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations

Article L632-7

…ons for market activities; l) carrying out tasks equivalent to those provided for in Article L. 561-23; m) Responsible, where they exist, for applying the regulations relating to structural separation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R79

…issue to persons called upon to work in prison establishments or for the recruitment of its staff; 23° To juvenile court judges in connection with the investigation of authorisation procedures for na…

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