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French General Tax CodeIn force
34°: Tax credit for forestry investments

Article 200 quindecies

…es to apply to the forest the system of normal exploitation, provided for by the decree of 28 June 1930 relating to the conditions of application of article 15 of the finance law of 16 April 1930, unt…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 4

…regulation below which they are not required to be in writing 4111. Unwritten public contracts (8) (9) Memorandum or invoice. (8) Any payment of an advance, or of a deposit, as well as any deduction o…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 quindecies

…en is understood to be that defined in the second paragraph of Article L. 811-1 of the Energy Code; 9° Biomass refers to the biomass defined in Article 2.24 of the ENR Directive. By way of derogation…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-21-1

…the shortfall in premium established and pay compensation equal to half of this shortfall. Article 9 If a sporting event cannot take place, the policyholder may obtain either the cancellation of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article Annexe art. R611-14-1

…ineers, assistant engineers and research technicians governed by decree no. 83-1260 of 30 December 1983 as amended.-Research teachers governed by decree no. 84-431 of 6 June 1984 as amended and resear…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement

Article A823-37

…oney laundering and terrorist financing, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: . NEP 9605. OBLIGATIONS OF THE ACCOUNT AUDITOR WITH REGARD TO THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND THE F…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12° : Tax reduction for certain overseas investments

Article 199 undecies A

…ousing located in the départements or local authorities referred to in 1 and allocated for at least 90% of their surface area for residential use. These companies must undertake to rent the empty home…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII quater : Taxes levied by groupings substituted for communes for the application of provisions relating to the business property tax, the business value added tax, the flat-rate tax on network companies and the additional tax on property not built on.

Article 1609 nonies C

I. - The public establishments for inter-communal cooperation mentioned in I of article 1379-0 bis are substituted for the member communes for the application of the provisions relating to the busines…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 5

…icable, documents required under item 511. 52. Amicable acquisitions of real estate free of charge (9) (9) The fact that the acquisition is free of charge does not preclude the acceptance of charges h…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 219

…et numérique under the conditions provided for in article 30-1 of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication ;2° Securities of companies controlling a company defined in 1° of t…

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