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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Temporary admission.

Article 169

1. Goods designated by order of the Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance and the ministers responsible may be imported under the temporary admission procedure, under the conditions laid down in t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Metropolis of Lyon

Article 1656

…e 1609 nonies C apply to the metropolis of Lyon.For the application of these provisions, the reference to the community council is replaced by the reference to the council of the metropole of Lyon.I b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Other duties, taxes and fees levied on behalf of local authorities and other bodies

Article 1647

…r benefit or organisations financing and managing expenditure covered by the national health insurance expenditure target. The rate of this levy and the terms of reimbursement are set by order of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3

Article L713-16

Members of the regional and territorial chambers of commerce and industry are elected by a one-ballot, multi-mandate majority system. If several candidates obtain the same number of votes, the oldest…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Taxes established and collected as direct taxes for the benefit of local authorities and various bodies

Article 1641

…ation from d of 1 of B, the household waste removal tax for the first five years during which the incentive share mentioned in I of article 1522 bis is implemented.B. - 1. In return for the rebate cos…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 16

The following have the status of judicial police officers:1° Mayors and their deputies;2° Gendarmerie officers and ranks, gendarmes nominatively designated by order of the ministers of justice and the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Local Direct Tax Commission

Article 1650

…l rights, be entered on the local direct tax rolls in the commune, be familiar with local circumstances and possess sufficient knowledge to carry out the work entrusted to the commission.Municipal emp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Tax on the costs of chambers of agriculture

Article 1604

…network defined in article L. 510-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the finances for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640

I. - The new municipality or, by concerted deliberations of principle taken before 1st October of the year preceding that of its creation, the municipalities and, where applicable, the public establis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Advisory Council (R).

Article R2113-16

In the associated communes mentioned in article L. 2113-17 as it stood prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivités territoriales et dans les communes déléguées menti…

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