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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The departments and units referred to in article 15-1

Article R15-23

The categories of national gendarmerie units within which officers and agents of the judicial police carry out their usual duties and whose jurisdiction extends to the area of responsibility of one or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Direct marketing of banking and financial services.

Article D341-2

Direct marketers who are natural persons and natural persons with the power to manage or administer legal entities authorised under I of Article L. 341-4 must meet the following conditions:1° Be of le…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-410

…ction 6;3° Hospital assistants governed by the provisions of section 5;4° Staff governed by decrees no. 60-1030 of 24th September 1960 relating to the status of teaching and hospital staff in hospital…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R366-4

…mant of his or her entitlement to legal aid, in accordance with the regulations in force locally. " 25° In article R. 343-5, the words: "the President of the Departmental Council" are replaced by the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-8

…f members of the plan, in particular changes relating to the charges provided for in article R. 144-25, changes to the procedures for revaluing life annuities and changes resulting, where applicable,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395

…ars of sowing, planting or replanting. From 1 January of the year following the promulgation of Act no. 2001-602 du 9 juillet 2001 d'orientation sur la forêt, this exemption period is reduced to ten y…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 unvicies

…pplies to the sums actually paid for the subscriptions mentioned in 1, retained within the limit of 25% of overall net income and €18,000.3. The tax reduction is equal to 30% of the sums withheld in 2…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 undecies

I. - Companies subject to corporation tax may benefit from a tax reduction equal to 25% of the amount of sums paid in respect of cash subscriptions made between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2024 to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-2

…rape, sexual assault or sexual molestation as provided for in the articles 222-23 to 222-26 and 227-25 to 227-27 of the Penal Code, to a medical examination and blood test to determine whether that pe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-43

…000.IV. - For series in the first group mentioned in I, the applicable coefficient is increased by 25% for the first 600 minutes produced when:1° Each episode lasts between 45 and 52 minutes;2° The w…

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