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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determining taxable income

Article 83

…which employee subscription is made compulsory pursuant to an agreement provided for in article L. 827-2 of the General Civil Service Code or in application of the decree mentioned in II of Article L.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 793

Sont exonérés des droits de mutation à titre gratuit : 1.1° (Expired); 2° (Repealed); 3° interest shares held in a forestry group up to three-quarters of the fraction of the net value corresponding to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Interest rates

Article R313-1

…endix to decree no. 2002-928 of 10 June 2002 issued in application of article 1 of decree no. 2002-927 of 10 June 2002, to a period of one day at the end of which it is deemed to have been repaid toge…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 sexies

…00,000.For audiovisual adaptations of shows, eligible expenses are those incurred until 31 December 2024.The rate mentioned in the first paragraph of this 1 is raised to 25% for fictional and animated…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L421-1

…urring before 1 January 2013, the annuity increases provided for in Article 1 of Law no. 74-1118 of 27 December 1974 relating to the revaluation of certain annuities awarded in compensation for loss c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle III: Victims' rights

Article R2-15-2

…ided for in Article 45 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, when an important reason of public interest so requires, in accordance with d of 1 of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers

Article L5215-22

…ts. The statutes of the unions concerned existing on the date of promulgation of Law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of metropolise…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article A43-5-1

…rticle 41-1-Where the duration of the assignment is less than or equal to one month14 units of value27 units of value-Where the duration of the assignment is greater than one month and less than or eq…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

…f the French Heritage Code; 4° Substances classified as category 1 in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on drug precursors; 5° Go…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 quatervicies

I. - 1. - Contributions or premiums paid by each member of the tax household are deductible from overall net income, subject to the conditions and limits mentioned in 2:a) to the popular retirement sa…

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