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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article R2512-29-1

I.-For the application of the first paragraph of Article L. 2512-28:the actual operating revenue of the City of Paris is affected by a coefficient of 29.13% for the departmental share and a coefficien…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 undecies B

…for new productive investments they make in the overseas departments, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the F…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 undecies E

…councils of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin and the governments of New Caledonia and French Polynesia shall be informed, by persons who make investments on the territory o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 undecies A

…B who invest in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the F…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 undecies F

…torial councils of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, the congress of New Caledonia and the assembly of French Polynesia may, in their respective territories, by deliberation…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 undecies C

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 undecies D

…come tax reductions mentioned in Articles 199 undecies A, 199 undecies B and 199 undecies C and the carryovers of these tax reductions, which may be offset for a taxpayer in respect of the same tax ye…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-1

…a public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status, with special status, called the Greater Paris metropolis, is created, bringing together:1° The commune of Paris;2° All th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Special provisions for insolvency proceedings covered by Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings

Article L696-1

For the application in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion of Title IX of Book VI, the words: "specially designated commercial court" are replaced by the words: "territorially competent…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Provisions specific to the communes of Marseille and Lyon

Article L2513-1

Marseille City Council has 101 members. Lyon City Council has 73 members.

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