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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 bis LA

Profits made by associations of lawyers mentioned in Article 7 of Law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions shall be taxed in accordance with the rules laid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L754-2

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : State financial aid

Article L3334-16-3

I.-Income net of levies resulting from the application of a of A of I and of II of Article 1641 of the General Tax Code to property tax on built-up properties are allocated to the départements as comp…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-26-1

Articles L. 224-28, L. 224-29, L. 224-31, L. 224-33, L. 224-34, L. 224-40, L. 224-42 and L. 224-42-1 do not apply to interpersonal communications services not based on numbering within the meaning of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article L811-1-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions of this code shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° Books I to III, with the exception of the fourth paragrap…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Community of communes

Article L5214-23

The revenues of the budget of the communauté de communes include:1° The tax resources mentioned in II or, where applicable, I of Article 1379-0 bis of the General Tax Code, as well as those mentioned…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Syndicate of communes

Article L5212-24

Where there is an inter-municipal syndicate exercising the competence of organising authority for the public distribution of electricity mentioned in article L. 2224-31, the communal share, provided f…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementing measures

Article L412-5

Without prejudice to the specific provisions relating to the indication of the origin of foodstuffs, the indication of origin is made compulsory for milk, as well as for milk used as an ingredient in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article L3332-17-1

I.-Any company that falls underArticle 1 of Law 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy and meets the following cumulative conditions may apply for "social utility solidarity ent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Preparation, preservation and use of tissues, cells and their derivatives.

Article L1243-2

The preparation, preservation, distribution and transfer, for autologous or allogeneic therapeutic purposes, of tissues and their derivatives and cell therapy preparations may be carried out by establ…

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