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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° septies: Tax reduction for property restoration in protected areas, run-down old districts and protected zones

Article 199 tervicies

…L. 214-114 et seq. of the Monetary and Financial Code whose share of income is, pursuant to Article 8 of this Code, subject on their behalf to income tax in the property income category.The tax reduct…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1382

…propriété des personnes publiques, or contracts referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 6148-5 of the public health code, and which, on expiry of the contract, are incorporated into the domai…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Recipients of data

Article R142-16

…cular the prohibition on employing foreign nationals without a work permit as set out in article L. 8251-1 of the Labour Code, and pursuant to article L. 8271-19 of the same code, the labour inspectio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-2

…nisation for a period of no more than three months within a period of no more than eighteen months; 8° Not issue, for a period of no more than six months, cheques other than those enabling the drawer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6b: SME Innovation Account

Article L221-32-5

…a shareholder and which meet the conditions set out in a to g and i and j of 1 bis of I of article 885-0 V bis of the General Tax Code as it stood on 31 December 2017. The conditions set out in the p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2° : Tax credit for expenditure on delegated production of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 220 sexies

…ount calculated as follows:- 15% of the share of the production cost of the work below €4,000,000;- 8% of the share of the production cost of the work greater than or equal to €4,000,000 and less than…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-7

…rial misstatements at the assertion level. They include:- tests of details;- analytical procedures. 8. Inspection: a control technique that involves:- examining records or documents, either internal o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement

Article A823-29

…rt sent to the members of the body called upon to approve the accounts Introduction 01. Articles L. 823-10, L. 225-235, L. 22-10-71 ou L. 226-10-1, L. 22-10-78 et L. 441-14 of the French Commercial Co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Distribution of resources

Article 1379-0 bis

…nes formed from communities of towns under the conditions provided for by Article 56 of Law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 relating to the strengthening and simplification of inter-communal cooperation as…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regulations and decisions

Article L621-7

…d markets and clearing houses;4° The rules applicable to the persons referred to in Article L. 532-18-1 ; 5° The conditions under which, pursuant to Article L. 440-1, the Autorité des marchés financie…

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