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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article L621-2

…ement Committee responsible for imposing the sanctions referred to in Articles L. 621-15 and L. 621-17. This Enforcement Committee comprises twelve members: 1° Two members of the Conseil d'Etat appoin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-4

…16° Proctology drugs: local topicals with or without corticoids and with or without anaesthetics. 17° Infusion solutions: - glucose solutions of any concentration; - 0.9% isotonic sodium chloride so…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2i: Companies located in rural regeneration areas

Article 44 quindecies

…regeneration areas mentioned in article 1465 A, businesses that are created or taken over between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2023, subject by right or by option to an actual taxation system for th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 quaterdecies

…eristics and energy performance achieving the minimum results defined in application of articles L. 171-1 and L. 172-1 of the French Construction and Housing Code. The taxpayer must provide proof of c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238

…d in previous financial years, that incurred in respect of financial years commencing on or after 1 January 2019.Expenditure in the numerator is taken into account for 130% of its amount. The ratio ob…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXXV: Tax credit for interest-free repayable advances to finance the acquisition or construction of a principal residence

Article 244 quater J

…ken into account means the sum of reference tax income, within the meaning of 1° of IV of Article 1417, of the persons mentioned in the eighth paragraph in respect of:1° The penultimate year preceding…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3844-1

…plicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in the wording resulting from Law no. 2022-46 of 22 January 2022 strengthening health crisis management tools and amending the Public Health Code, subje…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART SIX

Article Annexe 61-4

…for emergencies706215: Annual organ or tissue removal fee706216: Supplementary annual allocation706217: Annual funding allocation7062181: General interest mission allocation7062182: Contractualisation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement

Article A823-37

…ment bearing the client's photograph and by taking a copy of this document. Reference note: until 1 January 2021, the taking of a copy of the document may be replaced by the collection of the followin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 2

…te applicable to each member of staff. (10) Within the meaning of Article 88 of Law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service. (11) The individual amount…

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