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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-23-2

…mmune. The financial potential taken into account includes the amounts collected in respect of dock dues recorded in the management account relating to the penultimate financial year; 2° The ratio bet…

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

Article 239 quater B

…blic interest groupings formed and operating under the conditions provided for in Chapter II of the loi n° 2011-525 du 17 mai 2011 de simplification et d'amélioration de la qualité du droit do not fal…

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

Article 239 quinquies

…for corporation tax:1° Mixed forest management syndicates defined in articles L. 232-1 et L. 232-2 du code forestier;2° Les groupements syndicaux forestiers prévus aux articles L. 233-1 and L. 233-2…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 ter

…tuting a right in rem who, on 1st January of the tax year, has a taxable premises.III. - The tax is due:1° For office premises, which means, on the one hand, offices as such and their immediate and es…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-6

…ance to public safety or peace; b) An attack on persons, property or the authority of the State; 2° During procedures to investigate the causes of death mentioned in Article 74 or to search for the ca…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Implementation of placement under mobile electronic surveillance

Article R61-23

…son administration to ensure the availability of the technical device described in article R. 544-7 du code pénitentiaire as well as the technical feasibility of the project, to verify the family, mat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4351-23

The commission examines the knowledge, skills and competencies acquired during the person's initial training, professional experience and lifelong learning which have been validated by a competent bod…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other consequences

Article L232-23-5

…es relating to the fight against doping is found in connection with an in-competition test in individual sports, the competent federation or the organiser shall cancel the individual results obtained…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-1

The College and the Sanction Committee may, if they do not consider themselves sufficiently informed in the light of the documents in the file, propose to the athlete likely to be sanctioned that he u…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Precautionary measures

Article L232-23-4

…ion, a professional league or one of their members, unless these activities are part of recognised education or rehabilitation programmes linked to the fight against doping; 3° From exercising the fun…

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