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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article R511-16-4

I. - With effect from financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2014, the persons referred to in II of Article L. 511-45 shall draw up a table grouping together the information relating to their…

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

Article 244 quater B

…s of their actual profits or exempt pursuant to Articles 44 sexies, 44 sexies A, 44 octies A, 44 duodecies, 44 terdecies to 44 septdecies may benefit from a tax credit in respect of the research expen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 terdecies-0 B

…ditions are met:a) The purchaser undertakes to retain the shares in the company taken over until 31 December of the fifth year following the year of acquisition;b) The shares acquired as part of the t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-34

…on, the resolution board shall, if necessary, convene the general meeting of the person concerned.A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall set the conditions for the application of this II and adapt the p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Common provisions

Article L312-16

…on of the guarantee scheme provided for inarticle 120 of the amended financelaw no. 2008-1443 of 30 December 2008;7° The procedures for calculating members' votes in the election of Supervisory Board…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers

Article L5215-22

…mber of seats. 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…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-1

…Val-de-Marne;3° The communes of the other départements of the Ile-de-France region belonging on 31 December 2014 to a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation comprising at least one commu…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: STAY DOCUMENTS

Article L411-4

…se or parent mentioned in article L. 421-26; 6° To the foreign national mentioned in article L. 421-29; in this case, its duration is equal to that remaining on the residence permit of the spouse or p…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Fees for access to Nordic sites developed for non-motorised snow sports.

Article L422-8

…han downhill skiing and intended to encourage the practice of these activities may be instituted by decision of the municipal council of the municipality whose territory includes such a site, or of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-37

…rt referred to in Article 706-53-15 may, in accordance with the procedures set out in this article, decide to extend all or part of the obligations to which the person is subject, beyond the limit set…

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