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Showing 14311440 of 2529 articles for Art. 31 oct. 1989

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Duties and performance of duties

Article L121-8

…cular the protection provided by the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 and the New York Protocol of 31 January 1967 relating to the status of refugees.It cooperates with the United Nations High Commis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-10

…are also subject to the provisions of articles L. 612-20, L. 612-21, L. 612-24 to L. 612-27, L. 612-31 and L. 612-40 as well as article L. 612-23 for information received under article L. 612-24.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Electrification

Article L3232-2

The financial aid mentioned in the seventh paragraph of Article L. 2224-31 is distributed by department. The department shall, on the basis of proposals submitted by the local authorities, decide how…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L4111-1

…the regions are made up of the following regions, within their territorial boundaries in force on 31 December 2015: - Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine; - Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charent…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation.

Article R512-18

…entral body, under the conditions and with the same consequences as those set out in article L. 511-31 .

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative organisation (R)

Article R2221-10

…ay be reimbursed, based on supporting documents, under the conditions defined by articles 9, 10 and 31 of the décret n°90-437 du 28 mai 1990 fixant les conditions et les modalités de règlement des fra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2 : Communal share of excise duty on electricity

Article D2333-5

…nce as organising authority for the public distribution of electricity mentioned in article L. 2224-31, drawn up in respect of the previous year.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L151-1

…the powers of the Corsican Regional Authority in the field of tourism are set out inarticle L. 4424-31 of the General Code of Territorial Authorities, which is reproduced below: "Art. L. 4424-31 of th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Increase in certain selective aids

Article 919-44

…s after 19 May 2021, may be increased.The increase applies to aid granted between 16 March 2021 and 31 December 2021.The amount of the increase is set, after consultation with the film distribution ai…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 sexies

…In Mayotte, the tax base for property tax on built-up properties sold from 18 September 2013 until 31 December 2016 by a public entity to unlawful occupants of buildings used as their main dwelling l…

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