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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency and to felonies

Article 706-73-1

…1 du même code et délit d'évasion commis en bande organisée prévu au second alinéa de l'article 434-30 dudit code ;2° Délits de dissimulation d'activités ou de salariés, de recours aux services d'une…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regulatory and monitoring role in the field of technical protection measures and the identification of protected works and objects

Article R331-24

…fusal.IV.-When the matter is referred to the authority pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 331-30, the applicant must also prove that he has asked the rightholder who uses the technological prote…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-5-1 A

…stablishments of inter-municipal cooperation. If the administrative account has not been adopted by 30 June of the year following the sharing, the representative of the State in the department adopts…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxes

Article 1530 bis

…ré du montant mentionné au quatrième alinéa du présent III.As from the taxes drawn up in respect of 2022, the revenue from property tax on built-up properties of the communes to be taken into account…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-1

…and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, done at Lugano on 30 October 2007;2° Applications for the purposes of obtaining an extract from a decision submitted p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

…28 of the Penal Code; 5° The disqualification from French territory imposed pursuant to Article 131-30 of the Criminal Code; 6° A residence ban imposed pursuant to article 131-31 of the Criminal Code;…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 terdecies-0 C

…x purposes, within the meaning of the article 4 B, are entitled to an income tax reduction equal to 30% of payments made up to 31 December 2024 in respect of cash subscriptions to the capital of compa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 279

…y customers in order to receive the television services mentioned in article 2 of law n° 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to freedom of communication.b nonies. Admission fees for cultural, recrea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-19

…rned by foreign law that meet the criteria laid down in the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers; 6° Shares or units in the following FIAs or undertakings for collective investme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to the resolution of banking crises

Article R613-46

…on board may exempt, pursuant to IX of the same article, a central body mentioned in Article L. 511-30 or one of its affiliates which are not resolution entities, from complying on an individual basis…

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