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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section X: Stamp duty levied for the benefit of the French Biodiversity Office

Article 1635 bis N

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B nonies

In urban communities, the deliberative councils may decide, by a majority of two-thirds of the communes representing half of the population or half of the communes representing two-thirds of the popul…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Contractual tax exemptions and approvals

Article 1649 nonies A

…imit the effects of the forfeiture to a fraction of the benefits obtained as a result of the approval.2. When the beneficiary of tax benefits granted by virtue of an administrative approval or an agre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Id: Certifiers abroad

Article 1649 quater N

For the application of c of 1° of 7 of Article 158, professionals or organisations which do not have a permanent establishment in France but which are established in a Member State of the European Uni…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2573-27

The municipalities must provide drinking water and wastewater services by 31 December 2024 at the latest. The communes shall submit a provisional equipment and upgrading plan relating to drinking wate…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1871-1

…same table, subject to the adaptations provided for in II. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 1611-1 and L. 1611-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 1611-2-1 the loi n° 2011-1978 du 28 dé…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article L771-5

…s en Nouvelle-Calédonie et en Polynésie française, sous réserve des adaptations prévues à l'article L. 771-6, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L443-1

…ess otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wording resulting fromIn Title IL. 410-1L. 411-1 to L. 411-5L. 412-1 to L. 412-4L. 412-5 and L. 412-6La loi n° 2021-1109 du 24 août…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article L442-1

…ess otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wording resulting fromIn Title IL. 410-1L. 411-1 to L. 411-5L. 412-1 to L. 412-4L. 412-5 and L. 412-6La loi n° 2021-1109 du 24 août…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L351-7

Sont applicables dans les îles Wallis et Futuna, sous réserve des adaptations prévues à l'article L. 351-8, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the…

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