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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Preparations for the ballot

Article A713-8

…culars, where applicable -candidate circulars where the provisions of paragraph 3 of article R. 713-21 are applied. II. II -For postal voting, the voting material is sent to the voters by post in an e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-10

…be taken from missing persons who are the subject of searches under Article 26 of Law No. 95-73 of 21 January 1995 on security policy and programming and whose death is presumed, collected in places…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7a: Joint investigation teams

Article 67 ter A

…s party to any convention containing stipulations similar to those of the convention of 18 December 1997 on mutual assistance and cooperation between customs administrations.

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

Article 200 quater A

…In order to qualify for the tax credit, the equipment mentioned in a must be: 1° Paid for between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2023 as part of work carried out on a completed dwelling; > 2° Integrat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article L611-7

…itional remuneration shall be submitted to the conciliation commission instituted by article L. 615-21 or to the judicial court. 2. All other inventions belong to the employee. However, where an inven…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies D

Companies that build or have built, before 1 January 2016, buildings for industrial or commercial use for the needs of their business in the rural regeneration zones mentioned in Article 1465 A may, u…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-5

…terrupted or postponed until 31 December 2020, aid will only be granted if filming is resumed by 31 January 2021 at the latest. If filming is interrupted or postponed after 1st January 2021, support w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 E

…1. In order to benefit from the exemption, the owner must provide the tax department, before 1st January of the first year for which the exemption is applicable or renewable, with the undertaking g…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Provisions common to industrial establishments and commercial premises

Article 1501 bis

…s I, the following definitions apply. For the purposes of this I, the valuation reference date is 1 January 2021 or, for assets created after this date, 1 January of the year in which they were create…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered natural and legal persons.

Article R123-168

…ts premises during that period or who have terminated their domiciliation, and each year, before 15 January, a list of persons domiciled on 1 January. 2° The domiciled person undertakes to use the pre…

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