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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-5

I. - Without prejudice to Articles L. 511-41-3 and L. 612-30 to L. 612-34, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may order a credit institution, a class 1 bis investment firm or a finan…

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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
Section VI: Persons liable for payment of the tax

Article 284

I. - Any person who has been authorised to receive goods or services duty free, tax suspended under article 277 A or under the benefit of a reduced rate is liable to pay the tax or the additional tax,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Local electronic communications networks and services

Article L1425-2

…y high-speed fixed and mobile networks, including satellite, to ensure coverage of the territory concerned. These plans, which are indicative in nature, are intended to promote the coherence of public…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-44

…d 1.3 in proportion to the amount of French hourly expenditure. This coefficient is rounded to four decimal places. III -The coefficients provided for in II are increased by 20% when works cumulativel…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tariffs

Article 1001

The rate of the special tax on insurance contracts is set:1° For fire insurance:A 7% for fire insurance relating to non-exempt agricultural risks; generally speaking, the following are considered as h…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS FOR INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION

Article L5210-1-2

I. - Without prejudice to V of article L. 5210-1-1, when the representative of the State in the department establishes that a commune does not belong to any public establishment of inter-communal coop…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application

Article R1333-106

…provisions of Article R. 1333-107, the following are exempt from the authorisation, registration or declaration provided for in Article L. 1333-8: 1° The possession, manufacture, use, distribution, im…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Appeal procedures

Article R621-46

…ritten statement lodged in quadruplicate with the registry of the Paris Court of Appeal against a receipt. On pain of inadmissibility pronounced ex officio, it shall contain the particulars prescribed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-1

I. - The preparatory certificate for the duties of statutory auditor provided for in article R. 822-2 is organised each year. Candidates for the preparatory certificate for the duties of statutory aud…

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