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French General Tax CodeIn force
23°: Tax credit for energy transition

Article 200 quater

…tax credit applies:a. (Repealed)b. To the expenditure referred to in this b, paid between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2020, in respect of:1° (Repealed)2° the acquisition and installation of thermal…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-20

…or the requirements of the Union harmonisation legislation mentioned in Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article D1221-20

…tored and issued by an emergency depot are set out in the agreement provided for in article R. 1221-20-2 between the health establishment and the referring blood establishment;This agreement also spec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 208 quinquies

…within five years of the establishment of one of the zones provided for in Article 1 of Ordinance no. 86-1113 of 15 October 1986, set up to operate a business there, are exempt from this tax on prof…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Simplified accounting presentation.

Article D123-200

…oyees during the financial year at 50.For medium-sized companies, the balance sheet total is set at 20,000,000 euros, the net amount of turnover at 40,000,000 euros and the average number of employees…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-20

The procedures for applying this chapter are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular :1° The scientific criteria justifying, where appropriate, exemption from bioavailability stu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Tax on commercial wasteland

Article 1530

…e 1388. V. - The tax rate is set at 10% for the first year of taxation, 15% for the second year and 20% from the third year onwards. By a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of A…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator.

Article R663-20

If more than one mandataire judiciaire or liquidator is appointed, each shall receive the remuneration provided for in Article R. 663-18 in accordance with the terms, where applicable, provided for in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Reduction of capital.

Article L225-204

A capital reduction is authorised or decided by the Extraordinary General Meeting, which may delegate to the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, all powers to carry it out.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Relations between the High Council and its foreign counterparts

Article R821-20

…cognised by the Commission as meeting the adequacy criteria mentioned in Article 47(3) of Directive 2006/43/EC of 17 May 2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended by Directive 2014…

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