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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-24

…f Article L. 236-36 by each company participating in the merger shall explain and justify the draft terms of cross-border merger in detail, in terms of its legal and economic aspects, and the conseque…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1636 B octies

…ese taxes generated in the previous year for all the communes and their public establishments for inter-communal cooperation located within the jurisdiction of these establishments.When the third and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Bodies

Article L5211-6-1

…ty must include the municipal council of the commune with the largest population, where this is greater than a quarter of the population of the member communes.The distribution of seats carried out by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: Provisions common to different categories of income

Article 155 B

I. - 1. Employees and the persons referred to in 1°, 2° and 3° of b of Article 80 ter called from abroad to take up employment with a company established in France for a limited period are not subject…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 bis

…subject to income tax or corporation tax for the benefit of:a) Works or organisations of general interest of a philanthropic, educational, scientific, social, humanitarian, sporting, family or cultur…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2661-4

…s de marchés publics or on the contracting authority's buyer profile. "The buyer profile is the dematerialisation platform enabling purchasers to make consultation documents available to economic oper…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2651-4

…s de marchés publics or on the contracting authority's buyer profile. "The buyer profile is the dematerialisation platform enabling purchasers to make consultation documents available to economic oper…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of Commercial Court Judges.

Article L723-4

…wing persons are eligible for election to the office of judge of a commercial court:1° Who are registered on the electoral rolls of the chambers of commerce and industry or the chambers of trades and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518

I. - In the interval between two general reviews, the rental values defined in I and II of article 1496 and article 1497, as well as those for commercial premises mentioned in article 1501 and those f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable profits

Article 93

…ng and, where applicable, for membership of an approved association are not taken into account in determining taxable income when they are borne by the State as a result of the tax reduction mentioned…

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