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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28

…ous year by communes belonging to this establishment at 1 January of the year of apportionment.From 2023, the increase in the inter-municipality grant resulting from the calculation of these supplemen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 septies : Companies located in employment areas to be revitalised

Article 44 duodecies

I. - Taxpayers who create activities between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2023 in the employment areas to be redynamised defined in 3 bis of article 42 of law no. 95-115 of 4 February 1995 on region…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-8

…f members of the plan, in particular changes relating to the charges provided for in article R. 144-25, changes to the procedures for revaluing life annuities and changes resulting, where applicable,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Closure of judicial liquidation proceedings

Article L643-11

I.-The judgment closing a judicial liquidation on the grounds of insufficient assets does not give creditors the right to exercise their individual actions against the debtor. There are exceptions to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2573-19

I.-The provisions of Chapter III of Title I of Book II of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter B bis

…ticle L. 214-37 of the French Monetary and Financial Code as it read prior to Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 amending the legal framework for asset management, professional private equity funds, s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L5216-7

…ndicate exercises. This withdrawal is carried out under the conditions laid down in article L. 5211-25-1 and in the third paragraph of article L. 5211-19. In the absence of an agreement between the de…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXVII: Tax credit for research expenditure by industrial, commercial or agricultural companies

Article 244 quater B bis

…e dissemination organisations under a research collaboration contract concluded until 31 December 2025. B.-The research organisations mentioned in A meet the definition given by European Commission Co…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article 211-73

…booked to the production company's automatic film production account when the direct allocation is 25% or two-thirds when the direct allocation is 50%. Where sums have been allocated as specific inve…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
9° : Tax reduction for certain insurance premiums

Article 199 septies

…for the assessment of income in the various categories, are eligible for an income tax reduction of 25% up to an overall ceiling for annual payments equal to €1,525 plus €300 per dependent child:1° Pr…

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