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Showing 15611570 of 16142 articles for Art. CE 15-7-2021 n° 453490

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Counting of votes

Article D4233-15-2

The votes are counted at the Council's head office, on the day of the election provided for in article D. 4233-7.It is carried out by a polling station set up for the election of each Council. The pol…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 F sexies

The departmental council may, by deliberation, reduce the rate of land registration tax or registration fees by up to 0.70% where the following conditions are met:1° The transfer is part of a transact…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1599 quater D

A special annual additional tax is introduced for the benefit of the Ile-de-France region.The proceeds of this tax are decided, before 31 December each year, for the following year, up to a ceiling of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-15-1

The provisions of article R. 334-15 concerning the minimum amount of the guarantee fund do not apply to mutual insurers and unions governed by Book II of the Mutual Code which : a) either exclusively…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-15-2

…ion of articles R. 214-15-1 and R. 214-30. These conditions are as follows1° By virtue of its presence, all or part of the cash flows that would otherwise be implied by the financial instrument in whi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-155-1

…t over the real estate works, constructions and installations built on this property; 6° Other surface rights; 7° Any right under foreign law that is comparable to one of the rights mentioned in 1° to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L612-15-1

…licable, II of Article L. 613-34, as well as any person mentioned in Article L. 311-1 of the Insurance Code, to provide any information necessary for the preparation and implementation of crisis preve…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Temporary documents issued when applying for a residence permit

Article R431-15-2

The certificate of extension of the examination of an application for first issue of a residence permit provided for in Articles L. 421-22, L. 421-23, L. 421-26 to L. 421-29, L. 422-14, L. 423-1, L. 4…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 A ter

…nt decision taken under the conditions laid down in I of Article 1639 A bis, institute a 30% allowance applied to the rental value of premises used for residential purposes located in apartment blocks…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article D71-111-15

…Article L. 71-111-14 include the following ratios:1° Actual operating expenditure/population;2° Proceeds from direct taxation/population;3° Actual operating revenue/population;4° Gross capital expend…

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