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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Distillers

Article 320

The following are considered to be cooperative associations: groupings of owners, farmers and sharecroppers united in professional syndicates or cooperative distillation associations, which deposit th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1119

Until the reconstitution or restitution of the registers has been carried out, notarial acts which, at the termes de l'article 46 du code civil, peuvent suppléer tous les actes de l'état civil dont le…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title one: Tax assessment and control

Article 1649 nonies

I. - Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, approvals to which the granting of tax benefits provided for by law is subject are issued by the Minister responsible for the budget. Unless there i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Payment of tax

Article 1680 A

Deductions made at the initiative of the tax authorities are made from an account opened by the taxpayer in an establishment authorised for this purpose, which may be: 1° A deposit account in a credit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1791

I. - Subject to the special provisions set out in the following articles, any infringement of the provisions of Title III of Part One of Book I, and of the laws governing indirect taxes, as well as th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article L2411-7

…town council.It is consulted on the development of marshland and uncultivated or obviously under-exploited land belonging to the section under the conditions provided for by the articles L. 125-1 to L…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Conditions of application of the second and third paragraphs of article 73 of the Constitution to the overseas departments

Article LO3445-6-1

If the law or Conseil d'Etat decree mentioned in the first two paragraphs of article LO 3445-6 so provide, when the authorisation has been granted until the renewal of the departmental council, it may…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3663-3

The local commission responsible for assessing the charges and resources transferred from the Rhône department, created by Article 38 of Law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of terr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article L4313-3

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 4313-2 are forwarded to the region.They are communicated by the region to regional elected representatives who so request, under the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-7-2

The regional development plan sets out the fundamental guidelines for the development, protection and enhancement of the coastline. It takes the place, for the sectors that it determines, of a scheme…

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