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Showing 80218030 of 56931 articles for Art. 154 bis and 154 bis-0A

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6 : Exceptional aid to compensate for the loss of turnover due to the ban on the sale and consumption of food and drink in cinemas

Article 919-99

…President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée specifies the amount of aid awarded and the terms of payment.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and terms of allocation

Article 919-111

…that have marketed abroad at least three cinematographic works during each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 or, if the company began its activity in 2018, 2019 or 2020, during each of the years follo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1460

…s that have signed a contract with the State in application of article L442-1 of the Education Code and higher education establishments that have entered into an agreement pursuant to Article L. 718-1…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII sexies : Capital gains tax on the sale of buildings other than building land

Article 1609 nonies G

…A tax is introduced on capital gains realised under the conditions provided for in articles 150 U and 150 UB to 150 UD by natural persons or companies or groupings covered by articles 8 to 8 ter and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 211

…under the conditions provided for in IV of Article 3 of Decree no. 55-594 of 20 May 1955 as amended and whose managers have a majority shareholding, in partnerships limited by shares, as well as in li…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Infringements relating to other documents

Article 1729 B

…document that must be submitted to the tax authorities, other than those mentioned in articles 1728 and 1729, will result in a fine of €150.The fine is increased to €1,500 in the case of the declarati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Simplified arrangements for declaring and collecting social security contributions

Article L1522-3

I.-The provisions of sub-section 2 of section 1 of chapter III bis of book I of the social security code relating to the titre emploi-service entreprise and of chapter III of title VII of book II of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Farmers

Article 298 quater

…sales made from 1 January 2014:1° At 5.59% for milk, farmyard animals, eggs, animals for slaughter and charcuterie defined by decree, as well as cereals, oilseeds and protein crops mentioned in Annex…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-17-3

…ses information provided to him by the customs administration, by way of derogation from Article 59 bis of the Customs Code, for purposes other than those provided for in this Chapter, the Customs Adm…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Customs detention

Article L716-8-6

…information communicated to him by the customs administration, by way of derogation from Article 59 bis of the Customs Code, for purposes other than those provided for in this chapter, the Customs Adm…

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