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Article Annexe II

…sory prior administrative appeals (RAPO); 4° Financial resources devoted to the processing of RAPO; 5° Indicators relating to the processing of RAPO. For each of the indicators listed in the table bel…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
23°: Tax credit for energy transition

Article 200 quater

…area in square metres of heating or domestic hot water supply equipment using solar thermal energy;5° Where the work to install the equipment, materials and appliances is subject to this, the qualifi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-1-1

In the cases provided for in article 395, if there are sufficient charges against the person to bring him before the criminal court, but the case is not ready to be tried under the immediate appearanc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Deductible liabilities

Article 974

…id properties. This category does not include taxes due on income generated by the said properties; 5° Relating to expenditure on the acquisition of the shares mentioned in 2° of article 965 in propor…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxes levied for the benefit of the Ile-de-France region

Article 1599 quater C

…owing are excluded from the scope of the tax:1° Parking areas exempted pursuant to 1° to 2° bis and 5° of V of article 231 ter ;2° The parking areas mentioned in III of this article with a surface are…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-2

…procedures for setting up joint medical teams and, where appropriate, inter-institutional clusters;5° The grouping's organisational and operational arrangements, in particular :a) The designation of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Public prosecution and investigating authorities

Article D1-13

…ty that justified the transmission of the information to the administration or competent authority; 5° The name of the employer. The written document transmitting the information recalls the provision…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-16

…the financial instrument concerned or, where applicable, on the assets underlying this instrument; 5° They are negotiable; 6° Their acquisition is compatible with the management objectives or investm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R711-32

…erritorial chamber of commerce and industry fails to pay the compulsory expenditure provided for in 5° of article L. 711-8, the regional chamber of commerce and industry may deduct the corresponding s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article R930-1

…to R. 310-19, R. 321-1 to R. 321-73; 4° Title V of Book IV, with the exception of Article D. 450-3; 5° Book V, with the exception of Articles R. 522-1 to R. 522-25; 6° Book VI, with the exception of A…

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