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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1396

I. - Property tax on undeveloped properties is established on the basis of the cadastral rental value of these properties determined in accordance with the rules defined in

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-22-1

…offences mentioned in the first paragraph of this article is enrolled or is due to continue his education in a public or private school, a copy of the decision is, in all cases, sent by the sentence…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Control

Article R5132-1-13

…d by any means that confers a date certain on receipt of this information. On receipt of this notification, the organisation has a period of six weeks in which to submit the supporting documents reque…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article L2113-22-1

…municipal councils with a population less than or equal to 150,000 inhabitants benefit from an allocation under this grant. The allocation for each municipality that meets the conditions is equal to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Payment to finance mobility services

Article R2531-22-1

…mission of information collected during the collection of the mobility payment relating to the applicant's area of jurisdiction and paid on its behalf.II.-.The authority receiving the information tran…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue, redemption and conversion of preference shares.

Article R228-22-1

For the application of III of article L. 228-12, the Board of Directors or the Management Board, or by delegation one of the persons mentioned in article L. 225-129-4, shall draw up a buyback notice w…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-13

For the classification and allocation of aid in year n, the reference period runs from film week 27 of year n-3 to film week 26 of year n-1. In the cases mentioned in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-22

LAND MOTOR VEHICLE EVENTS IN WHICH SPEED IS ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE CLASSIFICATION, AND WHICH ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE DISCIPLINES COVERED BY THE DELEGATION GRANTED BY THE MINISTRY OF SPOR…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 15: Sweeping tax

Article D2333-139

For the application of article L. 2333-97 du code général des collectivités territoriales, la direction générale des finances publiques transmitte à la commune, ou, le cas échéant, à l'établissement p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-13

The cumulative result defined in II of article D. 5217-12 is allocated, when it is a surplus:1° As a priority, to reserves to cover the financing requirement of the investment section arising at the c…

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