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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1466 A

…ed out in one or more of these priority neighbourhoods, up to a limit of a net taxable base set for 2023 at €30,630 and updated each year according to the change in prices. Only establishments with fe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 312-17

…000 where the projected duration per episode is less than 10 minutes;b) For single work projects: €25,000;4° For writing support for animated work projects, the amount of support is set at:a) For ser…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Pseudonymous investigations

Article 230-46

…ovisions declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Council Decision no. 2022-846 DC of 19 January 2023] the operation is authorised by the public prosecutor or by the investigating judge hearing the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies D

…ned in Article 1465 A may, upon completion of the buildings, take exceptional depreciation equal to 25% of their cost price, with the residual value being depreciable over the normal period of use. Th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6123-201

The surgical care activity mentioned in 2° of article R. 6122-25 consists of the diagnostic or therapeutic management of patients requiring or likely to require an invasive or minimally invasive inter…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Direct allocations based on the production conditions of cinematographic works

Article 222-15

…irect allocations granted to a single distribution company in the course of a year may not exceed €125,000.For cinematographic works whose production cost is equal to or greater than €4,000,000 and le…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-79

In the exercise of the powers provided for in the fifth paragraph of I of Article 706-25-16, the Sentence Enforcement Judge of the Paris Judicial Court shall appoint the penitentiary integration and p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Disputes.

Article R2362-18

…estigated and judged in accordance with the procedures laid down in articles R. 2324-24 and R. 2324-25. However, the dispute is lodged : 1° Within fifteen days of notification of the appointment to th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation.

Article R2363-3

…estigated and judged in accordance with the procedures laid down in articles R. 2324-24 and R. 2324-25. The appeal must be lodged within fifteen days of notification of the appointment to the employer…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative penalties

Article L242-18-9

Any breach of the provisions of article L. 224-25-28 relating to the suspension of the guarantee period is punishable by an administrative fine of up to 3,000 euros for an individual and 15,000 euros…

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