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Showing 25312540 of 3456 articles for Art. CE 31 Jul 2009 n° 305903

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 quater F

Taxpayers whose tax residence is in France benefit from a reduction in their income tax when their dependent children are in secondary or higher education during the school year in progress on 31 Dece…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 undecies A

…nies subject to corporation tax may benefit from a tax reduction equal to the costs generated until 31 December 2024 by providing their employees, free of charge, with a fleet of bicycles for commutin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-34

…opean Investigation Order is likely to harm essential national security interests, endanger the source of information or involve the use of information that has been classified pursuant to the provisi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Budgetary and accounting system

Article R232-28

The budgetary and accounting year begins on 1 January and ends on 31 December. The College shall adopt the Agency's provisional budget each year before the beginning of the financial year. The budget…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical laboratory technician

Article L4352-3

…st mentioned in 2°, provided that the corresponding training began before the date of entry into force of the order mentioned in 2° of Article L. 4352-2; 4° Has obtained, by 31 December 1995, a diplom…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional registration due to difficulties in exhibiting and manufacturing cinematographic works as a result of the health crisis

Article 919-16

…initiative; 2° Be the subject of an application for production approval between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021. However, works released in cinemas before 19 February 2020 will not be taken into…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 669

…wnership and usufruct is determined by a proportion of the value of the entire property, in accordance with the following scale:AGE of the usufructuaryVALUE the usufructVALUE of the bare ownership. of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1384 D

…tion period is extended to twenty-five years when the decision to grant State aid is made between 1 July 2005 and 31 December 2026.The exemption applies from the year following that of completion of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Council tax

Article 1414

…s. - (Repealed).II. - The following are automatically exempted from council tax on secondary residences and other furnished premises not used as a main residence:1° Managers of young workers' hostels,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1765

…of the conditions laid down for the application, as the case may be, of articles L. 221-30, L. 221-31 and L. 221-32 or articles L. 221-32-1, L. 221-32-2 and L. 221-32-3 of the Monetary and Financial…

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