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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxes

Article 1530

…ty tax defined in Article 1447 for at least two years on 1 January of the tax year and which have remained unoccupied during the same period. For the establishment of the taxes, the town council or th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Risk mutual funds

Article L214-28

…incorporated in a Member State of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development whose main purpose is to invest in companies whose equity securities are not admitted to trading on a mark…

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

Article 238 A

…posits and guarantees, with the exception of those due in respect of loans taken out before 1 March 2010 or taken out on or after that date but treated in the same way as the latter, as well as royalt…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-2

…ve conditions mentioned in the following six paragraphs, the population to be taken into account in 2009, 2010 and 2011 for the application of this section is that used to calculate the global operati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article R2314-1

…uired to carry out their duties as defined by the agreement provided for in article L. 2313-7 may remain unchanged from the time available to them under the agreement provided for in article L. 2314-7…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-22

…to calculate their Solvency Capital Requirement on the basis of an internal model, Articles R. 356-20 to R. 356-20-3 apply. VI - For the purposes of calculating, in accordance with this Article, the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1740 B

…third bracket of the income tax scale set out in I of article 197.This same amount is increased to €20,000 if, on the date of the finding of flagrante fiscale, the turnover excluding tax or the amount…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D5842-6

I. - Article R. 5211-19, with the exception of the second paragraph, a, b and c, Article R. 5211-20, Articles R. 5211-22 to R. 5211-33, Article R. 5211-35, Article R. 5211-36, with the exception of it…

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

Article R5221-2

…L. 421-20 and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-1

…and terrorist financing, including the technical regulatory standards adopted pursuant to Directive 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use o…

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