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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28-3

A public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax system and its member municipalities may decide, by concordant deliberations of the deliberative body of the public establishmen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Groupements agricoles d'exploitation en commun

Article 71

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Interest for late payment

Article 440 bis

I. - Any tax, duty or charge provided for in this Code that has not been paid within the legal time limit shall give rise to the payment of interest on arrears.Interest for late payment applies from t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Undertakings for collective real estate investment with sub-funds

Article L214-85

I. - An undertaking for collective real estate investment may have several sub-funds if the regulations of the real estate investment fund or the articles of association of the société de placement à…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Compliance orders

Article L521-2

The injunction referred to in Article L. 521-1 may be advertised in accordance with conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. In this case, the trader is informed of the nature and terms o…

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

Article L3231-4-1

I. - The provisions of the second, third and fourth paragraphs of article L. 3231-4 do not apply to loan guarantees or sureties granted by a département:1° For housing construction, acquisition or imp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Loan guarantees.

Article L4253-2

I. - The provisions of the second, third and fourth paragraphs of Article L. 4253-1 are not applicable to loan guarantees or sureties granted by a region:1° Pour les opérations de construction, d'acqu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Financial provisions

Article L5722-7

The joint association referred to in article L. 1231-10 of the Transport Code may levy a payment intended to finance mobility services in an urban area of at least 50,000 inhabitants and in the multip…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Fonds commun de placement à risques.

Article R214-40

After reporting to the Autorité des marchés financiers and to the tax department with which its management company files its income tax return, a fonds commun de placement à risques may enter into a p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Partial access to the activities of voluntary sale of movable property by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R321-69

The Conseil des maisons de vente will issue a reasoned decision at the latest within three months of the presentation of the complete file by the interested party. The decision is notified by any mean…

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