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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 210 A

…he absorbed company.4. (Provisions no longer applicable for financial years beginning on or after 1 January 1997-Loi no 97-1026 du 10 novembre 1997, article 2).5. Rights relating to a leasing contract…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Payroll tax

Article 231

…leurs groupements, des établissements publics de coopération culturelle mentionnés à l'article L. 1431-1 of the same code, departmental fire-fighting services, social action centres with their own per…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Petroleum products

Article 298

…code of taxes on goods and services which suspend the excise duty on energy mentioned in Article L. 312-1 of the same code.1 bis. The suspensive tax regime provided for in a of 2° of I of Article 277…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-11 (art. A212-167)

…ter's degree in science and techniques of physical and sports activities created by the decree of 5 January 1982 are exempt from the examinations for the common part of the first and second degree sta…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-2 (art. A312-3)

APPENDIX III-2 (ARTICLE A. 312-3) DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTENT OF THE DOCUMENTS LISTED IN ARTICLE A. 312-3 RELATING TO THE APPROVAL PROCEDURE FOR SPORTS VENUES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Item 1 The general info…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
OA: Non-alcoholic drinks

Article 1613 quater

…ot intended for retail sale so that they can be consumed as they are. This amount is increased on 1 January each year, in a proportion equal to the growth rate of the consumer price index excluding to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Merger

Article L5212-27

…the benefits acquired in application of the third paragraph of article 111 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service.IV. - The merger results in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-10

…taken from missing persons who are the subject of searches under Article 26 of Law No. 95-73 of 21 January 1995 on security policy and programming and whose death is presumed, collected in places the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 814-1)

Article Annexe II

…d court-appointed agents for the liquidation of companies with the provisions of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, relating to information technology, files and freedoms, and with the specifications dr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Remuneration.

Article D6152-23-1

…development of networking between the establishments mentioned in article 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9th January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service and the cooperation init…

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