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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-1-1

…ed by Title 3 of Book 9 of the Social Security Code, or by any member of the association of underwriters known as "Lloyd's".Limited financial reinsurance (known as "finite reinsurance") refers to rein…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 quatervicies

…ursuant to 2° of Article 83 or to retirement savings plans which are in respect of retirement, 2°-0 ter including employer payments, deductible contributions or premiums pursuant to 1° of II of Articl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POWERS OF THE DEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL

Article L3211-1-1

I.-The département draws up a departmental plan for territorial solidarity within its territory. This plan defines, for a period of six years, a programme of actions designed to enable, in the departm…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Provisions relating to measures ordered by the judge

Article 1251-1

May obtain from the public prosecutor a copy of the declaration for the purposes of safeguarding justice mentioned in the first paragraph of article 1251 or of the decision of the guardianship judge p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of municipal mandates

Article L2123-18-1-1

…es.Any other benefit in kind is subject to a resolution specifying the name of the employee and the terms and conditions of use.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Banking inclusion and prevention of over-indebtedness

Article L312-1-1-A

…iation of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms), referred to in Article L. 511-29, adopts a charter for banking inclusion and the prevention of overindebtedness, approved by order of the Minister…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Banking inclusion and prevention of over-indebtedness

Article L312-1-1-B

The Banque de France has set up a Banking Inclusion Observatory to collect information on access to banking services for individuals who are not acting for professional purposes, on the use that these…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 168

…ween a taxpayer's lifestyle and his or her income, the income tax base is increased to a lump sum determined by applying the following scale to certain elements of this lifestyle, when this sum is gre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Administrative tax commissions and tax abuse committee

Article 1653

The provisions concerning the operation of the communal commission and the intermunicipal commission as well as the operation, the procedures for appointing representatives of taxpayers and department…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Workshops and integration projects.

Article L5132-15-1-1

Workshops and integration projects can enter into open-ended contracts with people aged at least 57 who are experiencing particular social and professional difficulties, in accordance with procedures…

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