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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax on the sale of land that has become building land

Article 1529

…back part of the amount of the tax to the member communes.II. - The tax applies to sales made by individuals and companies and groupings subject to income tax on the capital gain under the conditions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII quater : Taxes levied by groupings substituted for communes for the application of provisions relating to the business property tax, the business value added tax, the flat-rate tax on network companies and the additional tax on property not built on.

Article 1609 nonies C

I. - The public establishments for inter-communal cooperation mentioned in I of article 1379-0 bis are substituted for the member communes for the application of the provisions relating to the busines…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXVII: Tax credit for research expenditure by industrial, commercial or agricultural companies

Article 244 quater B

…This same rate is increased to 35% for medium-sized businesses and 40% for small businesses respectively for the expenditure mentioned in the said k incurred on farms located on the territory of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Resolution of banking crises

Article R783-12

…R. 613-46-4, references to Decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 are replaced by references to equivalent locally applicable provisions having the same purpose;3° In the last paragraph of IIa and IV…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Resolution of banking crises

Article R782-12

…R. 613-46-4, references to Decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 are replaced by references to equivalent locally applicable provisions having the same purpose;3° In the last paragraph of IIa and IV…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS FOR INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION

Article L5210-1-1

…ocated in a mountain area delimited pursuant to article 3 de la loi n° 85-30 du 9 janvier 1985 relative au développement et à la protection de la montagne ou regroupant toutes les communes composant u…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Resolution of banking crises

Article R784-12

…R. 613-46-4, references to Decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 are replaced by references to equivalent locally applicable provisions having the same purpose;3° In the last paragraph of IIa and IV…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 209 B

…stablished or incorporated outside France and where this business or legal entity is subject to a privileged tax regime within the meaning of article 238 A, the profits or positive income of this comp…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-1-1

…R. 811-3 below, the following shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° Les dispositions du livre Ier à l'exception des articles R. 133-1, R. 133-2 (4°) et R. 135-1 à R. 135-4;L'article R. 136-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: National equalisation grant.

Article L2334-14-1

…I. - This allocation is distributed among the municipalities under the conditions specified in III, IV, V and VI, after deduction of the sums required for the share intended for the municipalities of…

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