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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Rural solidarity grant.

Article L2334-21

…lation in application of the last five paragraphs of this article will receive an exit guarantee in 2018 equal to that received in 2017When a municipality ceases to be eligible in 2012 for this fracti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for construction insurance

Article A421-12

…with its images from the extract of the authenticated electronic Official Journal No. 150 of 1 July 2018, text No. 7, accessible at the following address: https: //www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jo_pdf.do?id=…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34

…credit institutions defined in Article L. 511-1 and the central bodies mentioned in Article L. 511-30 ; 2° Investment firms within the meaning of Article L. 531-4 and branches of third country firms…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4c: Partial deductibility of the general social contribution

Article 154 quinquies

…the allowances provided for in 1 ter or 1 quater of article 150-0 D, as it stood prior to 1 January 2018, the fixed allowance provided for in 1 of I of article 150-0 D ter or the 50% allowance provide…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Transfers of charges and income between the Rhône department and the Lyon metropolitan authority

Article L3663-9

…egative amounts resulting from the application of 1.2 and 2.2 of Article 78 of law no. 2009-1673 of 30 December 2009 on finance for 2010 taken into account corresponds to the revenue collected or born…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article L2334-17

…d charges is obtained by adding the ratios referred to in 1°, 2°, 3° and 4°, weighting the first by 30%, the second by 15%, the third by 30% and the fourth by 25%. However, each of the weighting perce…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.

Article L812-8

…ncial Code. Nor does it prevent the liquidator appointed pursuant to articles L. 5122-25 to L. 5122-30 of the Transport Code or to carry out missions on behalf of the Agency for the Management and Rec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in France (Incoming passport)

Article R532-19

…e European Union or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area operating in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Martin, it sha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L1337-1-1

…mended it, are investigated and recorded by the agents mentioned in articles L. 1333-29 and L. 1333-30, authorised and sworn under the conditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. They exercise thi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-7

…eproduced below:Art. 511-19-2 -The following is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 Euros:"1° Conserving embryos or embryonic stem cells without having obtained one of the autho…

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