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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article D742-12

…same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 214-187-1n° 2014-87 of 30 January 2014D. 214-188 and D. 214-195no. 2013-687 of 25 July 2013D. 214-202-1n° 2014-87 of 30 Januar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article D743-12

…same table:Applicable articlesIn the version resulting from the decreeD. 214-187-1n° 2014-87 of 30 January 2014D. 214-188 and D. 214-195no. 2013-687 of 25 July 2013D. 214-202-1n° 2014-87 of 30 Januar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Dotation globale de fonctionnement (R).

Article R2563-4-2

…cle L. 2334-23-2: 1° The data to be taken into account is assessed, unless otherwise stated, on 1st January of the year in respect of which the apportionment is made; 2° The population to be taken int…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Equalisation of tax resources

Article R4332-17

…lation of the region, as it results from the legal population census authenticated by decree on 1st January of the year in respect of which the allocation is made. For the Department of Mayotte, the p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Special provisions for certain new companies

Article 44 sexies

…this exemption period.The benefit of this article is reserved for companies that are set up from 1 January 2007 until 31 December 2023 in regional aid areas, provided that the registered office and a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation

Article L5217-1

…egional and interregional cooperation and with a concern for balanced territorial development. On 1 January 2015, public establishments for intercommunal cooperation with their own tax status that for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies D

…ich it is also a member.The provisions of this I are no longer applicable to investments made after 31 December 2003.II. - The allocation to provisions, deducted from the income for a financial year p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5°: Negotiable bonds - Special schemes

Article 131 ter

1. Special series of bonds issued abroad before 1 January 1976 by French companies, corporations or enterprises with the authorisation of the Minister for the Economy and Finance shall be subject, for…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Approval of investments

Article 211-47

…isuelle et numérique (ARCOM) under the conditions laid down inarticle 6-1 of decree no. 90-66 of 17 January 1990 laying down the general principles concerning the broadcasting of cinematographic and a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 ter B

…Organisations that receive interest from sums held in special passbook accounts opened before 1 January 2009, under conditions defined by decree, by the mutual credit banks that are members of the…

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