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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Distribution of resources

Article 1379-0 bis

…oned law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 which rejected before 31 December 2001 the application, as of 1 January 2002, of article 1609 nonies C;2° Communities of communes with a population of 500,000 or le…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 156

…ction of the deficit arising from activities created, taken over, extended or added on or after 1st January 1996. This fraction is determined by means of separate accounts showing the operations speci…

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

Article 41-2

…w entrusted with a public service mission or an association authorised to implement such a measure; 17° Submit to a therapeutic injunction measure, according to the terms defined in articles L. 3413-1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Innovation mutual funds

Article L214-30

…i of 1 bis of I of Article 885-0 V bis of the French General Tax Code as it stood on 31 December 2017, which have not repaid all or part of any contributions over the past twelve months and which mee…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
ANNEX TO BOOK VII

Article

…matographic or audiovisual works, adopted on the basis of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ib: Revaluation of depreciable fixed assets

Article 238 bis J

…of those concerned.The annual depreciation instalments for financial years commencing on or after 1 January 1977 are calculated on the basis of the revalued values.The special provision is deducted fr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-10

…the rate applicable during the first six months of the year concerned is the rate in force on 1st January of the year in question. For the second half of the year concerned, it is the rate in force…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Economic regime

Article 568

…red to in 3° of I of Article 570 is set in accordance with the table below: Year Rate (in %) From 1 January 2022 17.729Licence duty is payable when manufactured tobacco is released for consumption. It…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Deductible liabilities

Article 974

I.-The debts, existing on 1st January of the tax year, contracted by one of the persons mentioned in 1° of article 965 and actually borne by it, relating to taxable assets and, where applicable, in pr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
d: Levy on fixed-income investment income

Article 1678 quater

…d consigned securities.Payment is made no later than 15 October.2. When the declaration is filed in January, the paying institution calculates the levies or deductions.When the amount of the payment m…

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