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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-2

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138

…nd dispensing classification of the medicinal product, as mentioned in the marketing authorisation; 18° For the homeopathic medicinal products mentioned in 5° of article R. 5121-28 the words: "Homeopa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quaterdecies

1 The net amount of short-term capital gains may be divided equally between the year in which they are realised and the following two years.It refers to the excess of these capital gains over capital…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2k: Companies located in priority development zones

Article 44 septdecies

…e General Local Authorities Code in the version in force on the date of publication of the loi n° 2018-1317 du 28 décembre 2018 de finances pour 2019.The classification of communes as priority develop…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
9° Tax credit for video game creators

Article 220 terdecies

I. - Video game creation companies subject to corporation tax or exempt pursuant to Articles 44 sexies, 44 sexies A, 44 octies A, 44 duodecies, 44 quindecies, 44 sexdecies and 44 septdecies may benefi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Payment of tax

Article 223 O

1. The parent company is substituted for the companies in the group for the purposes of setting off against the amount of corporation tax for which it is liable in respect of each financial year:a. Ta…

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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

I.-A.-Industrial, commercial and agricultural companies taxed on the basis of their actual profits or exempt pursuant to Articles 44 sexies, 44 sexies A, 44 octies A, 44 duodecies and 44 terdecies to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640

…icle 1459 as well as articles 1464,1464 A, 1464 F, 1464 G, 1464 H, 1464 İ, 1464 M, 1469 A quater, 1518 A, 1518 A ter, 1518 A quater and 1647 D ;2° Deliberations taken by the public establishment for i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2

…and airports constituting border crossing points within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
23°: Tax credit for energy transition

Article 200 quater A

…ioned 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…

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