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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 Z quinquies

The tax credit defined in Article 244 quater X is deducted from the corporation tax due by the company in respect of the financial year during which the event provided for in IV of the same article oc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-26-1

When a couple or an unmarried woman wishes to have recourse to preimplantation diagnosis under the conditions set out in article L. 2131-4-1, at least one doctor from the multidisciplinary team of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 F

Subject to the provisions of 4 ter of II of article 150-0 A, the capital gains mentioned in 3° of II of article L. 214-81 of the Monetary and Financial Code, distributed by a real estate investment tr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R3313-2

For the application of article R. 3313-1 : 1° The population to be taken into account is the total population, municipal and counted separately, as it results from the last known census on the date of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R4313-2

For the application of Article R. 4313-1 : 1° The population to be taken into account is the total population, municipal and counted separately, as it results from the last known census on the date of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to the measurement of the audience of professional employers' organisations at professional branch level and at national and cross-industry level

Article R2152-6

The statutory auditor competent pursuant to 3° of article L. 2152-1 or 3° of article L. 2152-4 shall certify in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 2 and 3 of this chapter: 1°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6a : Inventory of fixtures, rental charges and taxes

Article L145-40-2

Every rental contract includes a precise and restrictive inventory of the categories of charges, taxes and fees relating to this lease, including an indication of how they are divided between the less…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Lending of labour on the basis of Article L. 8241-3

Article R8241-2

I.-A secondment agreement is signed between the lending company and the user company. This agreement specifies the identity and qualifications of the employee concerned and the method for determining…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-14-2

The testing operations mentioned in Article L. 232-14-1 may only be carried out if the athlete has given his consent to the director of the testing department of the French Anti-Doping Agency or to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Suspension of sentence under article 720-1-1

Article D147-2

The court, which, pursuant, as the case may be, to articles 712-6,712-7or 712-13, grants this suspension of sentence, may provide that the sentenced person will be subject to one or more of the follow…

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