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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article L2113-20

…g their creation, new communes whose creation order was issued between 2 January 2019 and 1 January 2020 grouping together a population less than or equal to 150,000 inhabitants receive an allocation…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of property income

Article 14 B

…y this I that have been waived or relinquished by the lessor to the lessee company between 15 April 2020 and 31 December 2021 under the conditions and within the limits mentioned in 9° of 1 of article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceptional aid to help people return to work in 2021

Article 919-33

…e cinematographic works that have been released in cinemas and promoted throughout France between 2018 and 2021;2° Undertake to continue distributing cinematographic works between 2021 and 2022;3° Hav…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Support measures for authors of fictional or animated cinematographic works

Article 919-1

…or animation:1° Either the release of which in cinematographic theatres in France was scheduled for 2020 and could not take place due to measures banning the admission of the public to these theatres;…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1466 D

…e benefit of the exemption is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 I bis

…d 108 of the Treaty, or an intermediate-sized enterprise, within the meaning of article 3 of decree no. 2008-1354 of 18 December 2008 relating to the criteria for determining the category to which a c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Shareholdings in companies

Article L3231-6

…roduction facilities benefits from the support provided for in Articles L. 311-12, L. 314-1, L. 314-18, L. 446-2, L. 446-5, L. 446-14 or L. 446-15 of the Energy Code. In the latter case, by way of der…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Commercial agents.

Article R134-6

…the clerk exchanges information with the latter under the conditions set out in Article R. 123-30-18.Any fact likely to modify any of the particulars appearing on the declaration of registration sha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Written agreements

Article L441-6

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 441-3 to L. 441-5 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €75,000 for a natural person and €375,000 for a legal entity.The maximum fine incurred is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Fate of stored embryos

Article R2141-23-2

In the event of the death of one of the members of the couple at the origin of the conception of the embryo, and in the event that the couple had, in application of III of article L. 2141-4, expressed…

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