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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article D1411-37

The National Healthcare Conference is made up of ninety-seven members with voting rights. Its members are divided into five colleges as follows: 1° A college of representatives of the regions and regi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-14

Victims of injury resulting from contamination by the hepatitis B or C virus or the human T-lymphotropic virus caused by a transfusion of blood products or an injection of blood-derived medicinal prod…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
15° bis : Tax reduction for loans taken out to take over a business

Article 199 terdecies-0 B

I. - Taxpayers domiciled for tax purposes in France within the meaning of Article 4 B may benefit from a reduction in their income tax equal to 25% of the amount of interest on loans taken out to acqu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Deductions

Article 271

I. - 1. The value added tax that has been charged on the price components of a taxable transaction is deductible from the value added tax applicable to that transaction.2. The right to deduct arises w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L4331-2

Revenue for the operating section includes in particular:a) Proceeds from contributions and taxes provided for in the General Tax Code or the Code of Taxes on Goods and Services, including:1° The flat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28-4

I.-Urban communities, metropolises and the Lyon metropolis are required to introduce a community solidarity grant for the benefit of their member municipalities, with the aim of reducing the dispariti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-105

I.-The extra-financial performance statement referred to in I of Article L. 225-102-1 and the consolidated non-financial performance statement mentioned in II of the same article present the business…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation

Article L5218-2

I.-A.-The metropolis of Aix-Marseille-Provence exercises the competences provided for in article L. 5217-2, with the exception of: 1° The competence "promotion of tourism, including the creation of to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-8

Par dérogation à l'article L. 5217-12, the Greater Paris metropolitan area benefits from a global operating grant equal to the sum of the following two components:1° An inter-municipality grant, calcu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 4 B

1. The following shall be deemed to have their tax domicile in France within the meaning of Article 4 A : a. Persons who have their home or main place of residence in France; b. Those who carry on a p…

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