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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

…238-0 A. This exemption applies on the twofold condition that the sale takes place no later than 31 December of the year following the year in which the seller transfers his tax residence outside Fran…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-165

…e, unless the purpose of the fund is to subscribe to a transaction provided for in articles L. 3332-18 to L. 3332-24 of the Labour Code and to merge into a pre-existing fund governed by this article,…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Points scale for documentary works

Article 211-11

…owing two sub-groups: 1° "Techniciens cadres collaborateurs de création" sub-group: a) A maximum of 18 points are allocated to the "Techniciens cadres collaborateurs de création" sub-group, divided be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Funeral and burial regulations.

Article D2573-16-1

…with the provisions of article L. 2223-42" are deleted. X. - For the application of article R. 2213-18, the words: "Without prejudice to the provisions of article R. 2213-2-1" are deleted. XI. - For t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-27-2

…entation, by the social security body, of the systems provided for in Articles L. 114-10 and R. 114-18 of the Social Security Code, which are part of the general framework of the fight against fraud,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6133-1

…f powers between the general meeting, the administrator and, where applicable, the select committee;18° The conditions for the amicable liquidation of the grouping and the appointment of one or more l…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Legal regime

Article L5217-7

I. - Articles L. 5215-16 to L. 5215-18, L. 5215-21, L. 5215-26 to L. 5215-29, L. 5215-40 and L. 5215-42 are applicable to metropolitan areas. For the application of article L. 5211-17, the majority co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XXIa: Tax to finance the local authority support fund

Article 235 ter ZE bis

…are subject to a tax to finance the support fund created by Article 92 of Law No. 2013-1278 du 29 December 2013 de finances pour 2014, in respect of their activity carried out on 1 January of each y…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXVII: Tax credit for research expenditure by industrial, commercial or agricultural companies

Article 244 quater B bis

…nd knowledge dissemination organisations under a research collaboration contract concluded until 31 December 2025. B.-The research organisations mentioned in A meet the definition given by European Co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General terms and conditions of sale

Article L441-1-1

…les 148 and 168 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Counc…

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