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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 S

The tax credit defined in article 220 quindecies is deducted from the corporation tax due by the company in respect of the financial year during which the expenses defined in III of the same article 2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article L2334-18-3

…t equal to 90% in the first year and then decreasing by one tenth each year.In addition, when, from 2000, a commune, of which the public inter-communal cooperation establishment of which it is a membe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Financial provisions

Article L2513-7

…2513-5 is determined each year by agreement between the Bouches-du-Rhône department and the city of Marseille.From 2014, the amount of this contribution may not be less than the difference, if positiv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Inspection.

Article L5146-1

I.-Enforcement of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products, of this Title, and of the provisions adopted…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Nature of the continuous assessment of knowledge leading to the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés (three-degree state diploma for sports instructors) during training under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport

Article A212-131

…t 160 hours spread over a maximum period of twelve weeks; - or during a training period of at least 200 hours spread over a maximum period of nine months. For the common part of the second-degree stat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Savings bank network

Article L773-8

…hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 512-85 law no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 L. 512-86 and L. 512-86-1 law no. 2009-715 of 18 June 2009 L. 512-87 to L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Savings bank network

Article L774-8

…hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 512-85 law no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 L. 512-86 and L. 512-86-1 law no. 2009-715 of 18 June 2009 L. 512-87 to L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Water and sanitation.

Article D2573-22

…2224-15, articles R. 2224-19 to R. 2224-19-4 and R. 2224-19-6 to R. 2224-19-10 and articles R. 2224-20 and R. 2224-21 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations prov…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 nonies

…ion of the storage facilities for non-hazardous waste concerned Unit of collection Quota (in euros) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 From 2025 B.-Authorised plants recovering more than 75% of the biogas…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Points scale for works of fiction

Article 211-10

…enre, points are divided into five groups as follows: I.-Language of Filming" group 1° A maximum of 20 points is allocated to the "Language of Filming" group; 2° Points are awarded as follows: a) 20 p…

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