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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIX: Social contribution on corporation tax

Article 235 ter ZC

…taxable income at the rates mentioned in I and IV of article 219 and reduced by an allowance which may not exceed 763,000 euros per twelve-month period. Where a financial year or tax period is less t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article L531-4

…le L. 321-1 on a regular professional basis. The investment firms defined in the previous paragraph may be: 1° A class 1 bis investment firm, authorised to provide any of the investment services menti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1382 H

…Municipalities and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a decision taken under the conditions provided for in Article 1639 A bis, partially or fully…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1382 I

I.-Locations and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a decision taken under the conditions provided for in article 1639 A bis, partially or fully exe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 E

…3 also apply to exemptions in force on 1 January of the first year in respect of which the taxpayer may benefit from the exemption provided for in I.III. - In the event of erroneous registration on th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Periodic updating of the rental value of built and unbuilt properties

Article 1517

…The communes and the public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a concordant decision taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, li…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Creation and content of the shared medical file

Article R1111-42

…production and at the latest on the day the patient is discharged after hospitalisation. This data may also be added to the shared medical record by the digital health services listed in the digital…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article R2336-10

…o-thirds majority, the deliberative body of the public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation may derogate from the methods of distribution of this allocation defined in the previous paragraph.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5132-2

…project and the existing offer to ensure a balanced development of integration actions, the Prefect may enter into the agreements provided for in article L. 5132-2 with companies applying to be approv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical project and shared care project

Article R6132-3

…rategy Committee, the Chair of the Group Medical Commission and the Chair of the Strategy Committee may ask the Group Medical Commission to amend or supplement its proposal for a shared medical projec…

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