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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 42 septies

…ition of a depreciable fixed asset, these grants are added back to taxable profits at the same time and at the same rate as that at which the fixed asset in question is depreciated. This rate is deter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R6156-43

…eral with the rank of Inspector General, comprises the following equal numbers: 1° Six full members and six alternate members representing the administration, including : a) One full member and one al…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Educational assistance

Article 375-4

In the cases specified in 1°, 2°, 4° and 5° of the previous article, the judge may instruct either a qualified person or an open observation, education or re-education service to provide help and advi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: The Standing Conference on Women's Sport

Article D142-41

The members of the Standing Conference on Women's Sport are appointed by order of the Minister for Sport for a period of three years. They may be reappointed once. The provisions of article 74 of law…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Termination of the posthumous mandate.

Article 812-4

The mandate terminates by one of the following events: 1° The arrival of the stipulated term; 2° The renunciation of the mandatary; 3° The judicial revocation, at the request of an interested heir or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules

Article R1251-4

…ffice, relocation of the registered office or cessation of activity; 2° The name, registered office and legal status of the undertaking and, where applicable, the location of the branch, agency or bra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: National Commission for Voting Operations

Article R2122-44

…oting Operations is responsible for : 1° Giving an opinion on the conformity of the electoral propaganda documents of the trade union organisations whose candidacy is published pursuant to the provisi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article D611-4

…must be accompanied by the following documents: 1° A copy of the grouping's Articles of Association and, where applicable, its rules of procedure; 2° Proof that the formalities required by the legisla…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article R626-48

…l be referred to the court for resolution of the plan by petition or, where applicable, in the form and according to the procedure provided for in Article R. 631-4. It rules under the conditions of Ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coordination committees.

Article D1432-4

…rticular the regional health plan ;2° Promotes, on the basis of the strategic orientation framework and the regional health plan, the complementarity of actions in the fields of prevention, school hea…

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