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French General Tax CodeIn force
XL : Tax credit for arts and crafts

Article 244 quater O

…de in a single copy or small series, is defined according to two cumulative criteria:a) A work that can be based on the production of plans or models or prototypes or tests or manual development speci…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-24

…mum noise limit of 100 dB (A) must not be exceeded.Rules relating to competitors or participantsMedical fitness:- participants must present a medical certificate stating that they are not contraindica…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter X: Tattooing products

Article L513-10-10

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the procedures for applying this chapter, in particular: 1° The procedures for presenting and the content of the declaration provided for in article L. 5…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-31

…ook II and Title II of Book VIII of the French Commercial Code, the following provisions apply to SICAVs: 1° Shares must be fully paid up as soon as they are issued; 2° Any contribution in kind is ass…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXXI : Family tax credit

Article 244 quater F

…ioned in the first two paragraphs of Article L. 2324-1 of the Public Health Code and providing childcare for their employees' children under the age of three.2. They may also benefit from a tax credit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLVI: Tax credit for interest-free repayable advances to finance work to improve the energy performance of older homes

Article 244 quater U

…he work mentioned in 1 consists of:1° Either work that corresponds to at least one of the following categories:a) Efficient thermal insulation work on roofs;b) Efficient thermal insulation work on wal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Damage to private property caused by public works

Article 1059

Subject to the provisions of 3° of Article 679, plans, reports, certificates, notifications, judgments, contracts, receipts and other acts made pursuant to the loi du 29 décembre 1892 sur les dommages…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R121-10

…es a year.The meeting is held at the registered office of the institution or at any other place indicated in the notice convening the meeting.Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held by videocon…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-10

The Articles L. 23-10-7 to L. 23-10-9 are applicable to the sale of a shareholding in a company subject to special regulations requiring that all or part of its capital be held by one or more members…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Gift-shares made to descendants of different degrees.

Article 1078-10

The rules laid down in article 1078-9 shall not apply where a child who has consented to his own descendants being allotted in his stead subsequently himself makes, with the latter, a shared gift inco…

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