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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operating grants without earmarking

Article L2335-3

…lied, is reduced by applying the rate set for 2012 in III of Article 33 of Finance Act 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 for 2012.For 2013, the same compensation payments, to which the rates of change set…

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French Commercial codeIn force
SCHEDULE 5-3 (Annex to Article A. 526-6)

Article Annexe

…delivered to the sole trader) (the content of the information provided under III of article D. 526-28 of the French Commercial Code may be appended hereto) IV. IV -Waiver of the seven-day cooling-off…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of objects protected by a neighbouring right by providers of online content sharing services

Article L219-2

I.-By providing access to objects protected by a related right uploaded by its users, the provider of an online content sharing service performs an act of exploitation that falls within the scope of t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-3

In this Code : 1° "Home Member State" means : a) in the case of non-life insurance, the Member State of the European Union in which the head office of the insurance undertaking covering the risk is si…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
15° bis : Tax reduction for loans taken out to take over a business

Article 199 terdecies-0 B

I. - Taxpayers domiciled for tax purposes in France within the meaning of Article 4 B may benefit from a reduction in their income tax equal to 25% of the amount of interest on loans taken out to acqu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Products whose sale in bulk is prohibited

Article D120-7

…umer Code for frozen products; 9° Biocidal products, as defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules governing the composition of assets

Article R214-12

I. - The money market instruments referred to in 5° of I of article R. 214-11 are :1° Issued or guaranteed by :a) A Member State of the European Union or another State party to the Agreement on the Eu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII quater : Taxes levied by groupings substituted for communes for the application of provisions relating to the business property tax, the business value added tax, the flat-rate tax on network companies and the additional tax on property not built on.

Article 1609 nonies C

…78 of the aforementioned Law no. 2009-1673 of 30 December 2009 and in III of Article 79 of Law no. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 on finance for 2019 may decide to make this reduction in compensation…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determining taxable income

Article 83

The net amount of taxable income is determined by deducting from the gross amount of sums paid and benefits in money or in kind granted:1° Social security contributions, including:a) Old-age insurance…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Overall effective rate.

Article R313-1

…taken into consideration, using the number method defined by B of the appendix 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 p…

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