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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238

I.-Companies subject ipso jure or by option to an actual taxation system may, under the conditions provided for in this article, subject to separate taxation at the rate provided for in the second par…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Protection in the event of a partial transfer of undertaking or establishment.

Article L2414-1

…cluded in a partial transfer of an undertaking or establishment by application of article L. 1224-1 may only take place after authorisation by the Labour Inspector if the employee holds one of the fol…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection in the event of interruption or non-renewal of a temporary work assignment.

Article L2413-1

…fication of non-renewal of a temporary employee's assignment by the temporary employment contractor may only take place after authorisation by the labour inspector when the employee holds one of the f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1466 F

…f establishments existing on 1 January 2009 in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion or Mayotte or which are created or extended from 1st January 2009 in these departments and operated by…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article L421-9

…of the total cost of repairing damage of the kind for which builders within the meaning of article 1792-1 of the Civil Code, manufacturers and importers or the technical inspector on the basis of art…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 bis B

…ment and innovation for the benefit of the on-line press service; The companies mentioned in this 1 may deduct capital expenditure incurred for the same purpose.2. The sums deducted pursuant to 1 of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XX ter: Declaration of overseas investments

Article 242 septies

…r others the tax benefits provided for in articles 199 undecies A, 199 undecies B, 199 undecies C, 217 undecies, 217 duodecies, 244 quater W, 244 quater X or 244 quater Y may only be exercised by comp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IIa: Second-hand goods, works of art, collectors' items and antiques

Article 297 A

…rmined in accordance with Articles 266 or 292, plus value added tax.II. - The tax base defined in I may be determined globally, for each of the periods covered by the declarations mentioned in article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Amending entries.

Article R123-122

…ve coordination proceedings pursuant to Section 2 of Chapter V of Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings; 3° The decision pronouncing the closure of the professional reco…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: The automated national registry of judicial procedures and the automated processing system known as "Cassiopée".

Article R15-33-66-8

I. - The following may have direct access to personal information and data recorded in the processing in the context of criminal proceedings: 1° Magistrates from the Public Prosecutor's Office and mag…

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