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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B nonies

…g two-thirds of the population, to totally or partially maintain the rate differences existing in 1979 between the grouped communes for the council tax on secondary residences and other furnished prem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Contractual tax exemptions and approvals

Article 1649 nonies A

…taxes not paid as a result thereof together with the late payment interest provided for in article 1727, deducted from the date on which these taxes should have been paid.As an exception to the above…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Production support

Article 422-21

…to the objectives mentioned in Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Pledge of goods represented by a storage receipt

Article R522-24-7

…nsult the information site accessible online provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 522-37-4, the applicant shall provide the following information: 1° On the constituent: a) If the constit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-61

The feeder general-purpose investment fund shall monitor the activity of the master AIF or UCITS. In order to fulfil this obligation, it may rely on the information and documents received from the mas…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-7

…res against the parent undertaking of the group equivalent to those provided for in Articles L. 511-41-5 or L. 612-34-1, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall provide all the coop…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acquisition of French nationality by birth and residence in France

Article 21-7

Any child born in France of foreign parents acquires French nationality on coming of age if, on that date, he or she has his or her residence in France and has had his or her habitual residence in Fra…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific investment for certain animated works

Article 211-71

For a single cinematographic work:1° The amount invested by the production company under the automatic audiovisual production account may not exceed €500,000;2° The total amount invested by the produc…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Direct production allowances for production conditions

Article 211-75

I. - For delegated production companies, the amount of the direct allocation is equal to 25% of the amount invested. This rate is increased to 50% for works in the animation genre.II. - For other prod…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Direct production allowances for production conditions

Article 211-74

…e Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée after consulting the approval committee, is set at 64 points out of the 100-point scale. A derogation may only be granted if justified by artistic impe…

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