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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis HT

…nister responsible for the budget may order the reinstatement of sums deducted pursuant to articles 163 duovicies et 217 decies to the overall net income or taxable income for the year or financial ye…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Social protection

Article L3123-25

Retirement pensions already liquidated and rights acquired before 30 March 1992 by elected departmental representatives continue to be honoured by the institutions and bodies with which they were cons…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Social protection

Article L4135-25

Retirement pensions already paid and rights acquired before 30 March 1992 by regional elected representatives continue to be honoured by the institutions and bodies with which they were constituted or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Social protection

Article L2123-30

Retirement pensions already liquidated and rights acquired before 30 March 1992 by elected municipal officials continue to be honoured by the institutions and bodies with which they have been constitu…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article D321-2-1

…n the event of application of the sixth and seventh sentences of the fifth paragraph of article 199 decies E of the General Tax Code or of the last paragraph of 4 of article 199 decies F of the same c…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Tax deductions and reductions for overseas investments

Article A333-2

…lis and Futuna Islands and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories are set out in Article 170 decies of Annex IV to the French General Tax Code.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions relating to investment in leisure property.

Article D421-3

…tial tourist villages or intended for rental as furnished accommodation, referred to in article 199 decies F of the General Tax Code, cited in article L. 421-3-1, are set out in article 46 AGG of Anne…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis HO

…he purposes of income tax or corporation tax, cash subscriptions made between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2010 to the capital of companies subject to corporation tax under the conditions of ordinar…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to protected adults

Article 424

…agent incurs liability for the exercise of his mandate under the conditions provided for in Article 1992.The person authorised pursuant to the provisions of Section 6 of Chapter II of this Title shall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Applicable certification procedure and technical design and construction rules applicable to second-hand work equipment referred to in 1°, 3°, 4° and 5° of Article R. 233-83 and to second-hand safety components referred to in Article R. 233-83-2

Article R233-89-1

…nformity with the technical rules applicable during the transitional period defined by Article 6 of Decree no. 92-767 of 29 July 1992 when they were put into service as new, and which are maintained i…

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