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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
APPENDIX TO BOOK II

Article

…work" qualification sheet drawn up in accordance with the provisions of article 13 II of decree no. 2021-1926 of 30 December 2021 relating to the contribution to the production of cinematographic and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 256 C

…y and Financial Code as well as their members or affiliates mentioned in Articles L. 512-11, L. 512-20, L. 512-55, L. 512-60, L. 512-69 and L. 512-86 of the same code; b) The members of the groups pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36

…3-1, the branches of the European UCITS and AIF management companies referred to in Articles L. 532-20-1 and L. 532-21-3, the collective investments mentioned in I of Article L. 214-1, the persons men…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-28

…s article are taken from the development grant provided for in Article L. 2334-13 of this code.From 2019, the total amount of the inter-municipality grant distributed each year is equal to the total a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Modification, suspension, withdrawal and non-renewal of early access authorisation

Article R5121-72

…e following conditions: a) The authorisation holder has been able to formulate its agreement within 20 days of the Haute Autorité de santé's request for renewal; b) All of the updated information ment…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Local bodies

Article R6147-7-2

…en hospitalier et son premier renouvellement, prévu à l'article R. 6152-65 ; 12° to 19° (Repealed) ;20° Avis sur la prolongation d'activité d'un praticien hospitalier, prévu à l'article R. 6152-329 ;…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 244 quater W

…l profits or exempt pursuant to articles 44 sexies, 44 sexies A, 44 octies A and 44 duodecies to 44 septdecies, carrying out an agricultural activity or an industrial, commercial or craft activity cov…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-27

…weaknesses.Formulation of the key points of the audit12. The key points of the audit appear in the separate part of the report relating to the justification of the auditor's assessments.13. The statu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 bis

…purpose by the Minister responsible for the budget pursuant to Article 4 of Order No. 58-882 of 25 September 1958 on taxation in the field of scientific and technical research;e) Public or private or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 octies

…osers or performers who have not exceeded a sales and listening threshold defined by decree for two separate albums preceding this new recording. With regard to self-expression albums, the benefit of…

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