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

Article 244 quater B bis

…axed on the basis of their actual profits or exempt pursuant to Articles 44 sexies, 44 sexies A, 44 octies A, 44 duodecies and 44 terdecies to 44 septdecies may benefit from a tax credit in respect of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1640

I. - The new municipality or, by concerted deliberations of principle taken before 1st October of the year preceding that of its creation, the municipalities and, where applicable, the public establis…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Automatic processing of personal data known as "Application for managing the files of foreign nationals in France".

Article R142-16

…le, the Director General of Customs and Indirect Taxes and by the magistrate referred to in Article 28-2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure or by the magistrate delegated to carry out judicial missions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 206

…e for its gross amount;d. (Repealed with effect from financial years ending on or after 31 December 2009);e. (Repealed with effect from financial years ending on or after 31 December 2009).5 bis. Inte…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 quinquies C

…ividuelle des ressources communales et intercommunales provided for in 2.1 of article 78 of law no. 2009-1673 of 30 December 2009 on finance for 2010, excluding the fraction calculated in accordance w…

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

Article R2641-1

…article R. 2152-4, the words "by European Union law" are deleted; 27° Article R. 2152-5 is deleted; 28° In article R. 2162-23, the reference to the Prefect is replaced by the reference to the represen…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Issuing the summons to pay as a form of seizure to the debtor

Article R321-3

…s the means test set out in law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991 on legal aid and decree no. 2020-1717 of 28 December 2020 implementing this law; 13° An indication, if the debtor is a natural person, that i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-73

…ite provided for in article R. 225-61 ;5° The account registration date defined in article R. 22-10-28, specifying that only shareholders meeting the conditions set out in that article on that date ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Urban Community

Article L5215-32

…ds national de garantie individuelle des ressources;17° Le produit des taxes prévues aux Articles 1528, 1529, 1530 and 1530 bis of the General Tax Code;18° The fraction of value added tax provided for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article R15-33-66-8

…court, for the sole purpose of carrying out their duties as defined in articles L. 123-3 et R. 123-28 of the same code; 4° The national representative to Eurojust, and the magistrates, registrars and…

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