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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Collective coordination procedure

Article R694-5

The first three paragraphs of Article R. 621-21 shall apply to decisions taken by the official receiver pursuant to Articles L. 694-6, L. 694-8 et L. 694-9.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Minimum rental value

Article 1518 B

As from 1 January 1980, the rental value of tangible fixed assets acquired as a result of contributions, demergers, mergers of companies or transfers of establishments carried out as from 1 January 19…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article D2621-2

For the application of Article D. 2192-1 to Saint-Barthélemy, the reference to the standard set by European Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1870 of 16 October 2017 on the publication of the reference of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR BOOK III

Article D2623-2

…reference of the European standard on electronic invoicing and the list of syntaxes under Directive 2014/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council is replaced by the electronic invoicing sta…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article D3321-3

…reference of the European standard on electronic invoicing and the list of syntaxes under Directive 2014/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council is replaced by the reference to the electro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies A

…entioned in 1 of this I with a total authorised laden weight of 3.5 tonnes or more, acquired from 1 January 2016 and until 31 December 2030 for those using the energies mentioned in a and b of the sam…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-102

…e L. 225-197-1 of this code, of article L. 3324-10 of the Labour Code, of article 31-2 of order no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions of companies with pub…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-1

…s provided for in Article L. 822-1 ; 2° It adopts, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 821-14, the standards relating to the ethics of statutory auditors, internal quality control and prof…

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

Article 244 quater M

…that meet the definition of a microenterprise given in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in appl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-3

The indemnity referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 132-21-1 may not exceed 5% of the present value of the commitments made respectively by the insurer and by the policyholders of the cont…

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