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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R2333-43

…3-41;3° The maximum amount of rent below which the tax is not due pursuant to 4° of article L. 2333-31;4° The rate of the abatement set under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of III…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company.

Article R743-121

…in B of I of the article 5 and in 1° and 3° of the I of the article 6 of the aforementioned Act of 31 December 1990, a société d'exercice libéral which may be appointed as a commercial court clerk to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article D950-1-1

…rovisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs Article D. 443-3 decree no. 2021-1137 of 31 August 2021 Article D. 443-4 decree no. 2021-1137 of 31 August 20214° The provisions of Book V me…

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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
3°: Buildings financed by state-subsidised loans

Article 1384 C

…tate or with a subsidy from the National Urban Renewal Agency, pursuant to 3° and 5° of Article L. 831-1 du code de la construction et de l'habitation or by means of financing provided for in l'articl…

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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
III: Capping of certain income tax benefits

Article 200-0 A

…e tax benefit provided by the depreciation deductions provided for in h and l of 1° of I of article 31 and to l'article 31 bis ;b) Reductions, including, where applicable, for their amount acquired in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article R423-13

…l times a total amount of resources equal to 0.05% of the total mathematical provisions recorded at 31 December of the previous year for all the undertakings referred to in article L. 423-1. The overa…

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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

…321-36-1 and L. 321-36-2 of the same code.The amount of this tax is set, in each department, before 31 December each year, for the following year, by the board of directors of the public establishment…

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