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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-19

…tomated processing used by natural or legal persons approved under the aforementioned Decree No. 97-109 of 6 February 1997 who have carried out analyses under the conditions provided for in Article R.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 210 A

…orbed company has transferred the long-term capital gains previously subject to the reduced rate of 10%, 15%, 18%, 19% or 25% as well as the reserve to which the provisions for price fluctuations have…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-217

Articles L. 225-206 to L. 225-216 and L. 22-10-62, L. 22-10-64 and L. 22-10-65 are applicable to investment certificates.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: Markets of national interest and commercial events.

Article A762-4

The declaration provided for in Article R. 762-10 shall comply, as the case may be, with Annex IV or Appendix V to Schedule 7-10 to this Book.The declaration receipt sent by the prefect, provided for…

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

Article 238 bis K

…hts in question are held by a company carrying on an agricultural activity created before 1 January 1997 or a joint farming group mentioned in Article 71 who are subject to income tax under the regime…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Mandatory prior mediation

Article R5312-47

…ess as provided for in II of article 136 of law no. 96-1181 of 30 December 1996 on the finances for 1997.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article A212-34

…ial Cohesion refuses an application for renewal of the authorisation provided for in article R. 212-10-14, the training organisation may submit a new application for authorisation in accordance with t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Points scale for works in the animation genre

Article D331-51

…o the design of the sets is made with service providers established in France: 1 point; 4° At least 10% of expenditure relating to modelling, including digital sets, and/or rotoscoping and/or motion t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R226-1

…hey are compatible with the specific provisions set out in articles L. 226-1 to L. 226-14 and L. 22-10-74 to L. 22-10-78, the rules laid down in this Book relating to sociétés en commandite simple and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Enforcement of the judgment and individual compensation for damages

Article L1143-11

…1547 of 18 November 2016 on the modernisation of justice for the 21st century and in Articles L. 77-10-10 to L. 77-10-12 of the Code of Administrative Justice.

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