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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: PROPERTY AND STAFF

Article L3651-3

…law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service.The I bis of article L. 5111-7 is applicable.II. - The departments or parts of departments of the municipa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Persons liable for payment of the tax

Article 283

…pplied by a taxable person who is not established in France, the tax must be paid by the customer.2 bis. For intra-Community acquisitions of taxable goods referred to in Article 258 C, the tax must be…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 novovicies

…apted to the specific characteristics of local rental markets.IV. - Subject to the provisions of IV bis, the tax reduction applies exclusively to housing located in communes classified, by order of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 21

…e active services of the national police who do not meet the conditions laid down by article 20; 1° bis Volunteers serving as military personnel in the gendarmerie and military personnel serving in th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-6

I. - Title III and Title III bis of Book I of this Part are applicable to Wallis and Futuna subject to the adaptations set out in II:1° Articles L. 1130-1 to L. 1130-6 shall apply in Wallis and Futuna…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-12

I. - All information, including promotional communications, addressed by an investment service provider other than an asset management company to clients, including potential clients, shall be accurat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-9

…e Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique with the data kept pursuant to 1° of II bis of Article L. 34-1 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code shall be the subject of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XI: Taxes levied for the benefit of associations of communes and mixed associations

Article 1609 quater

…the conditions set out in article 1636 B undecies of this code.Subject to 2 of VI of article 1379-0 bis, the mixed syndicates are, under the same conditions, substituted for the public establishments…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1788 E

…for in Article 290 B or the obligations to transmit information provided for in III of Article 289 bis is subject and, the administration has served formal notice on the trader to comply with its obl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Loan guarantees

Article L3231-4

…granted by a département to the general interest organisations referred to in articles 200 and 238 bis of the General Tax Code or to organisations approved as solidarity landholding organisations wit…

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