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French General Tax CodeIn force
7° : Tax reduction for subscriptions to the capital of press companies

Article 220 undecies

…to 25% of the amount of sums paid in respect of cash subscriptions made between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2024 to the capital of companies mentioned in the article 2 of law no. 86-897 of 1 Augus…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-55

…destruction, damage, deterioration and threats of damage to property provided for by the articles 311-1 à 311-13,312-1 à 312-9,313-2and 322-1 to 322-14 of the Criminal Code; 4° Attacks on the fundam…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L341-1

…ed to in 1° or 4° of article L. 341-3 of a banking or related transaction as defined in articles L. 311-1 and L. 311-2; 3° The provision by one of the persons referred to in 1° of Article L. 341-3 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-20

…finance companies affiliated to a network and the central body within the meaning of Article L. 511-31 are considered to be part of the same group for the purposes of this Code. The same applies to en…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules governing the operations of sociétés de crédit foncier (building societies)

Article L513-14

…nce by the public entity under the following conditions and within the limits set out in Article L. 313-29-2. The acceptance governed by this article is evidenced, on pain of nullity, by a written doc…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Foreign nationals with proof of regular uninterrupted residence in France, a certain level of resources and health insurance

Article L426-18

…temporary residence permit bearing the wording "ICT mobile trainee" provided for in article L. 421-31; 3° A temporary residence permit bearing the wording "trainee ICT (family)" provided for in artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-102

…schemes, of Article L. 225-197-1 of this code, of article L. 3324-10 of the Labour Code, of article 31-2 of order no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-18

…onditions under which public health establishments manufacturing medicinal products industrially on 31 December 1991 may apply for the authorisation provided for in article L. 5124-3;6° The conditions…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions.

Article L5214-23

…nce of organising authority for the public distribution of electricity mentioned in article L. 2224-31, provided that this competence is not already exercised by an authority mentioned in article L. 5…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1 - Organisation of the fund for financing and managing the individual training rights of local elected representatives

Article R1621-4

…esentatives is to manage the individual right to training provided for by articles L. 2123-12-1, L. 3123-10-1, L. 4135-10-1, L. 7125-12-1, L. 7227-12-1 and the article L. 121-37-1 of the New Caledonia…

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