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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-1

…er no. 2003-1212 of 18 December 2003 L. 1523-1 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 1523-4 law no. 2005-809 of 20 July 2005 L. 1523-5, with the exception of its seventh paragraph Order no. 2009-1530…

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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 Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 5-2 (Annex to Article A526-3)

Article Annexe I

…n Last name: First name: Name of the EIRL: SIREN number Date of issue of this update statement (1): 31 December.... II -Update of assets allocated to the exercise of the professional activity at the e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Income tax deducted at source

Article 204 J

I. - The amount of the levy referred to in article 204 A may be adjusted upwards or downwards at the taxpayer's request.However, when a change in the situation mentioned in 1 of article 204 I has occu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L239-1

The Articles of Association may provide that the shares of sociétés par actions or the corporate units of sociétés à responsabilité limitée subject to corporation tax by operation of law or by option…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book III: Companies.

Article L300-2

…f Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The delegated acts provided for in Articles 17, 31, 35, 37, 50, 56, 75, 86, 92, 97, 99, 109a, 111, 114, 127, 130, 135, 143, 172, 210, 211, 216, 217,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Va: Fixed procedural fees

Article 1018 A

…il interests, are subject to a fixed procedural fee payable by each convicted person.This fee is:1° 31 € for criminal orders in contraventional or correctional matters;2° 31 € for other decisions of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX ter : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of public land and development establishments in French Guiana and Mayotte

Article 1609 B

In French Guiana and the Department of Mayotte, a special equipment tax is introduced for the benefit of public establishments created pursuant to Article L. 321-36-1 of the town planning code.This ta…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B undecies

…and 1609 quater vote on the rate of this tax under the conditions set out in Article 1639 A.2. They may define, under the conditions provided for in 1 of II of Article 1639 A bis, areas for the collec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5°: Tax credit for the purchase of a company's capital

Article 220 nonies

…lusively for the purpose of repurchasing all or part of the capital of a company, carried out until 31 December 2022 under the conditions mentioned in II, may benefit from a tax credit.For each financ…

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