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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 2

…companied by an optional collective operation subscribed by the employer (Cf. Art. 31 of Decree no. 2011-1474 of 8 November 2011 relating to the participation of local authorities and their public est…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-40

…infringed a provision of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019; 2° It has infringed a provision of Title III of Book V; 3° It has infringed any ot…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12° : Tax reduction for certain overseas investments

Article 199 undecies C

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1e: Taxpayers carrying on their professional activity within the framework of a partnership

Article 151 nonies

I. - Where a taxpayer carries on his professional activity within the framework of a company whose profits are, pursuant to the articles 8 and 8 ter, subject in his name to income tax in the category…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-17 (art. A211-3)

TITLE I ESTABLISHMENT OF ELECTORAL ROLLS I-1. The Managing Director of the Institut national du sport, de l'expertise et de la performance shall draw up the list of voters and eligible persons for eac…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-17-0 (A211-42)

Title I ESTABLISHMENT OF ELECTORAL ROLLS I-1. The Director of the Ecole Nationale de Voile et des Sports Nautiques shall draw up the list of voters and eligible persons for each college in accordance…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Interest on arrears

Article 1727

I. - Any tax claim, the establishment or collection of which is the responsibility of the tax authorities, which has not been paid within the legal time limit shall give rise to the payment of late pa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIIa: Taxes levied for the benefit of communities of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation

Article 1609 quinquies C

…agraph of II of l'article 1478. For public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation subject in 2011 to the provisions of this article, the business tax rate to be used is the weighted average bus…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Sommaire

…ol system on a partnership basis, in accordance with the procedure described in the Order of 11 May 2011 issued in application of the preamble to Annex I of the General Local Authorities Code setting…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-13-1

…y of data provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on…

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