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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2671-2

…to the French Commercial Code is replaced by a reference having the same purpose applicable locally;18° In article L. 2195-4, the references to the French Commercial Code are replaced by references ha…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2661-2

…to the French Commercial Code is replaced by a reference having the same purpose applicable locally;18° In article L. 2195-4, the references to the French Commercial Code are replaced by references ha…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R324-1-7

…R. * 423-18 of this code; c) Notwithstanding articles…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-3

…engagement, whether their assessment of the risk of material misstatement at the assertion level remains appropriate. If necessary, they modify the nature, timing or extent of the planned procedures.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 sexdecies

…tion sociale et des familles.The services defined in 2°, 4° and 5° of I and in 8° to 10°, 15°, 16°, 18° and 19° of II of article D. 7231-1 of the Labour Code, in the version in force on 1 January 2021…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R431-16

The following are exempt from applying for a residence permit: 1° Members of diplomatic and consular missions accredited in France, their spouses, their ascendants and their minor or unmarried childre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AH

…n they meet the criterion of principal benefit. This criterion is met if it is established that the main advantage or one of the main advantages that a person may reasonably expect to derive from a sc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 terdecies-0 A

…yers domiciled in France for tax purposes may benefit from a reduction in their income tax equal to 18% of payments made in respect of cash subscriptions made under the same conditions as those provid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-20

…of Article L. 5121-1 relating to gene therapy preparations and xenogenic cell therapy preparations;18° The conditions under which the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé issu…

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

Article 41-2

…l acts; 17° ter Complete, where applicable at their own expense, a parental responsibility course ; 18° Complete, at their own expense, a responsibility training course to prevent and combat domestic…

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