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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determining taxable income

Article 83

…s, to which the employee is compulsorily affiliated, as well as the contributions paid, as from 1st January 1993, on a compulsory basis to the provident scheme for professional football players instit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256

…rty effected by virtue of a requisition from the public authority;b) (Repealed with effect from 1st January 1996).c) The material handover of tangible movable property under a contract which provides…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° septies: Tax reduction for property restoration in protected areas, run-down old districts and protected zones

Article 199 tervicies

…riod during which work is interrupted or slowed down in application of articles L. 531-14 to L. 531-15 du code du patrimoine or by the effect of force majeure.Also entitled to the tax reduction is the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
ANNEX TO BOOK VI

Article

…effectsVI-6.1. Supporting documents to be attached to an application for selective aid(Articles 621-15 et seq.)1° A note explaining the contribution of digital visual effects to the artistic approach;…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 5

…riated or real rights to be expropriated as a principal right, a copy of the transferability order (15) bearing: - identification of the property to be expropriated or the real right to be expropriate…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Recipients of data

Article R142-16

…tionals satisfy the condition of legality of their situation in France provided for by articles L. 115-6, L. 114-10-2, L. 161-16-1, L. 161-18-1, L. 161-25-1, L. 512-2 and L. 831-1 of the Social Securi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 0

…ights or document attesting to their consent. 02425. Payment to a surety. 1. Certificate of surety (15). 2. The porte-fort must prove his hereditary status and that of his co-heirs under the condition…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38

1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 33 ter, 40 to 43 bis and 151 sexies, taxable profit is net profit, determined on the basis of the overall results of operations of any kind carried out by comp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-2

…modation are to be covered for a period that he or she determines, which may not exceed six months; 15° Complete, where applicable at his or her own expense, a course to raise awareness of the dangers…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-7

…financial information. Assessment of the risk of material misstatement of the financial statements 15. When obtaining an understanding, the statutory auditor identifies and assesses the risk of mater…

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