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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 quater A

…ned in Articles L. 241-3, L. 241-3-1 or L. 241-3-2 of the same code, as it stood prior to Law no. 2016-1321 of 7 October 2016 for a Digital Republic; > 3° Or suffers a loss of autonomy resulting in cl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-19

…s or reports of meetings held by the governing body and by the bodies referred to in article L. 823-16 of the French Commercial Code after the financial year-end; examine, where appropriate, the most…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L421-1

…or managing and financing, for annuities awarded in respect of accidents occurring before 1 January 2013, the annuity increases provided for in Article 1 of Law no. 74-1118 of 27 December 1974 relatin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
18°: Parent companies

Article 145

1. The parent company tax regime, as defined in Article 216, is applicable to companies and other bodies subject to corporation tax at the standard rate which hold equity interests satisfying the foll…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-7

…training of local elected representatives L. 2123-15 The law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996.L. 2123-16Ordinance no. 2021-45 of 20 January 2021 reforming the training of local elected representatives.L…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L950-1

…L. 135-1 to L. 135-3;Article L. 123-6 shall apply in its wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-1635 du 1er décembre 2016 renforçant le dispositif français de lutte contre le blanchiment et le…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Appendix

Article Annexe préliminaire

…ng from public contractsAppendix 15 Order relating to essential data in public procurement Appendix 16 Order relating to the operation and composition of the economic observatory for public procuremen…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R366-4

…nationals mentioned in 6° to 8°, 10°, 13° and 15° to 17of article R. 431-18. "14° In article R. 313-16, after the words: "trade and company register or trade register", the words: "or their local equi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-4

…f the municipality in 2020 multiplied by the correction coefficient mentioned in B of IV of Article 16 of Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finances for 2020; 1° ter The product determined by a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-1

…d by the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014; (b) Clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 20…

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