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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Departmental commercial development commissions.

Article L751-2

…mixed syndicate or public establishment for inter-communal cooperation mentioned in article L. 143-16 of the town planning code responsible for the territorial coherence scheme within whose perimeter…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXIII bis: Taxation of capital gains realised by individuals or companies who are not domiciled in France for tax purposes

Article 244 bis A

…ubject to international conventions, capital gains, as defined in e bis and e ter of I of l'article 164 B, realised by the persons and bodies mentioned in 2 of I when disposing of the property or righ…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L311-4

…t for the media mentioned in the penultimate paragraph of this article may not be changed before 31 December 2022.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4 : Smoothing or spreading devices

Article 75-0 C

…ption to be treated as a limited liability agricultural holding as referred to in 1 or 2 of article 1655 sexies; 4° The transformation of a company or grouping placed under the partnership regime defi…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7a: Joint investigation teams

Article 67 ter A

…her States party to any convention containing stipulations similar to those of the convention of 18 December 1997 on mutual assistance and cooperation between customs administrations.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.

Article L812-8

…resentative or a profession provided for in titre IV bis of the aforementioned law n° 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 or the acquisition of premises for this practice. An agent may also act as manager of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Economic regime

Article 568

…h following the month of settlement, by the same suppliers and on behalf of the operators. Until 31 December 2022, except in the case of tobacconists incorporated as general partnerships whose partner…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Deductible liabilities

Article 974

…half of the tenant by the owner for which the latter has been unable to obtain reimbursement, on 31 December of the year in which the tenant left; 3° Relating to expenditure on improvement, constructi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-5

…d, expressed in the form of a theoretical mathematical provision for point-based schemes), as at 31 December of the previous year:1° Amount of unpaid death benefits under life insurance contracts othe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1a: Personnel management

Article D712-11-2

…ve staff of the chambers of commerce and industry referred to in article 1 of law no. 52-1311 of 10 December 1952 relating to the compulsory establishment of a statute for the administrative staff of…

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