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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1691 ter

It is granted to heirs and, where applicable, to cohabitants liable for payment of the persons mentioned in 1° to 2° ter and 7° to 10° of I of l'article 796 :1°(Repealed);2° For income tax, a discharg…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Administrative tax commissions and tax abuse committee

Article 1653 F

I. - An advisory committee on tax credits for research expenditure is hereby established.This committee shall be chaired by a member of the administrative jurisdiction appointed by the Vice-President…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1640 D

Municipalities that were not members of a public inter-municipal cooperation establishment with its own tax status on 1 January 2011 and that join a public inter-municipal cooperation establishment wi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of works and objects to which copyright or related rights are attached

Article R331-16

The Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique shall be notified of enforceable decisions involving a penalty of suspension of access to an online communication service issu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Transport and infrastructure management

Article L4424-16

The Corsican local authority is responsible for organising the interdepartmental links provided for by the provisions relating to collective transport services in the sustainable development and plann…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Groupement de coopération sanitaire de moyens exploiting authorisations held by one or more of its members

Article R6133-16

When the Director General of the Agence Régionale de Santé withdraws, or does not renew, an authorisation for healthcare activities granted to one or more members and operated jointly by the Groupemen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Administrative tax commissions and tax abuse committee

Article 1651 F

When a case is referred to it pursuant to the first paragraph of article L. 76 of the French Tax Procedures Book, the Direct Tax and Turnover Tax Commission includes, in addition to the Chairman, two…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Negotiations on pay, working time and the sharing of added value

Article L2242-16

The negotiations provided for in Article L. 2242-15 give rise to information by the employer on the provision of employees to the trade union organisations or employers' associations mentioned in Arti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Calculation in respect of availability on subscription on-demand audiovisual media services

Article 721-16

The calculation is made each year by applying the following lump sums to each cinematographic work:- 1,000 € when the cinematographic work is made available to the public in at least two and at most f…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Allocation of sums held in the automatic video editing account

Article 611-16

Videogram publishers have the option of investing the sums entered in their automatic video publishing account in order to contribute to the online distribution of cinematographic works under the cond…

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