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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L533-29-2

…le L. 532-2(4) must devote sufficient time to carrying out the duties referred to in Article L. 533-29-1 and must allocate sufficient resources to managing all the significant risks to which the inves…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 T

The tax credit defined in article 220 sexdecies is deducted from the corporation tax due by the company for the financial year during which the expenses defined in III of the same article 220 sexdecie…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-22

When deciding whether to grant one of the measures provided for in Articles 712-6 and 712-7, the sentence enforcement courts may in the same judgment, at the request of the convicted person, relieve h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Participation of midwives in medically assisted procreation activities

Article D4151-22

…tion with the centre's doctors.Before and during the implementation of this procedure, the midwives may carry out the following activities during specific consultations:- programming and implementing…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special arrangements applicable to intra-Community distance sales of goods, to supplies of goods made in a Member State via electronic interfaces facilitating such supplies, and to services supplied by taxable persons established within the territory of the European Union but not in the Member State of consumption

Article 298 sexdecies G

I.-Any taxable person may take advantage of the special declaration and payment arrangements set out in this article if: 1° Who has established his place of business in France or has a permanent estab…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Special arrangements applicable to distance sales of goods imported from third countries or territories

Article 298 sexdecies H

I.-A. The following may avail themselves of this special scheme: 1° Any taxable person established on the territory of the European Union carrying out distance selling of goods imported from third ter…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Minimum flat-rate assessment of taxable income based on certain lifestyle factors

Article 168

…3 tons international tonnage:- for the first three tons€1,140- for each additional ton:- from 4 to 10 barrels340 €- from 10 to 25 barrels460 €- over-over 25 tonnes€910This scale is quintupled for ple…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the committee provided for in article 16-2

Article R15-16

The commission's decision may be referred to the Court of Cassation for breach of the law.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1638

…erent tax rates, with regard to each of the taxes levied pursuant to 1° to 4° of I of Article 1379, may be applied, depending on the territory of the pre-existing communes, during a transitional perio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The status of the sole trader

Article L526-22

…onstitute the professional assets of the sole trader. Subject to Book VI of this Code, these assets may not be divided. The elements of the assets of the sole trader not included in the professional a…

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