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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of industrial and commercial profits

Article 35

…d in Article 8c.7° bis (Repealed as from the date of entry into force of I of article 26 of law no. 96-1182 of 30 December 1996, JO of 31);8° Persons who, on a professional basis, carry out, directly,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-2

For operations other than the provision of services, the relationship between municipalities or their public establishments, on the one hand, and semi-public companies, on the other, is defined by a c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Set-off and assignment of claims

Article L211-36

…bligations arising from transactions in financial instruments or in units mentioned in article L. 229-7 of the Environment Code, spot foreign exchange transactions or transactions for the sale, purcha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between credit institutions and their customers

Article L312-1-4

The person entitled to provide for the funeral of the deceased may obtain, on presentation of the funeral invoice, the debit from the deceased's payment accounts, within the limit of the credit balanc…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Points scale for works in the fiction genre

Article D331-43

For the "Dramatic content" group, a maximum of 18 points are allocated as follows: 1° The "Locations" sub-group is awarded a maximum of 7 points, distributed as follows: a) Alternatively:when a relati…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-8

…der the conditions provided for in article…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Organisations approved for the collective management of the right to authorise the digital exploitation of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article R326-1

A collective management organisation governed by Title II of Book III may be approved under Article L. 134-3, if it:1° Demonstrates, through the composition of its deliberative and management bodies,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 795 A

Free transfer duties are waived on immovable property by nature or purpose that is, for the most part, classified or listed as a historic monument, as well as movable property that is a historical or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Declaration by operators of electronic contact platforms

Article 1649 ter A

…The identification details of each seller or service provider to be declared pursuant to Article 1649 ter C as well as each State or territory of which the seller or service provider to be declared is…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article L2512-28

…on of articles L. 2334-4, L. 2334-5, L. 2336-2, L. 3334-6 and L. 3335-2 as well as article L. 5211-29, the share of property tax revenue on built-up properties taken into account for the City of Paris…

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