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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-1 (art. A312-1)

Declaration relating to sports facilities in application of article L. 312-2 of the French Sports Code q = several possible choices; m = only one possible choice Purpose of the declaration (one choice…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Products whose sale in bulk is prohibited

Article D120-7

…laced on the market under conditions meeting the requirements of Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 laying down requirements for feed hygiene, and without prejudice to 5° ; 5° Raw petfood as defi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXVII: Tax credit for research expenditure by industrial, commercial or agricultural companies

Article 244 quater B bis

…ant to Articles 44 sexies, 44 sexies A, 44 octies A, 44 duodecies and 44 terdecies to 44 septdecies may benefit from a tax credit in respect of expenditure invoiced by research and knowledge dissemina…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article L613-20-6

…with the competent authority mentioned above, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may refer the matter to the European Banking Authority on the basis of Article 19 of Regulation (EU)…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 793

…uarantees of sustainable management provided for in articles L. 124-1 et L. 124-3 and to article L. 313-2 of the Forestry Code; the fallow land and moorland belonging to the group is suitable for refo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1639 A bis

…own tax status that do not result from a substitution or transformation of a pre-existing grouping may take decisions relating to the tax for the removal of household waste in accordance with VI of a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
34°: Tax credit for forestry investments

Article 200 quindecies

…dit in respect of the forestry operations mentioned in II of this article that they carry out until 31 December 2027. II.-The tax credit applies to II.-The tax credit applies to: 1° To the purchase pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Innovation mutual funds

Article L214-30

…ed in c, e and i of 1 bis of I of Article 885-0 V bis of the French General Tax Code as it stood on 31 December 2017, which have not repaid all or part of any contributions over the past twelve months…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 157

…26-8 of the Insurance Code, in IV of article L. 221-19 du code de la mutualité or IV of article L. 931-15-1 of the Social Security Code, or made in bonds redeemable in shares when these bonds are not…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-5

…climate footprint as well as to finance legal entities covered by article 1 of law no. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 relating to the social and solidarity economy. In addition, each year, when the total a…

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