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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AB

…he Minister for the Budget and the Minister for Industry, acquired or manufactured before 1 January 2011 may be subject to exceptional depreciation over twelve months from the date they are brought in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-206

…the Management Board, as the case may be, are required, under the conditions set out in Article L. 225-251 and the first paragraph of Article L. 225-256, to pay up shares subscribed by the company in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Formation, registration and termination of the contract

Article D6325-1

…ctronic service promoting the development of work-linked training mentioned in Article 4 of Law No. 2011-893 of 28 July 2011 for the development of work-linked training and the securing of career path…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Tax regimes

Article 69 E

…the business are included in a fiduciary estate pursuant to a trust transaction defined in Article 2011 of the Civil Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-3-4

…ublic health establishments and the health establishments mentioned in b, c and d of article L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code may only invoice the patient for the costs corresponding to the car…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Buildings financed by state-subsidised loans

Article 1384 B

…amount of this same compensation provided for this purpose for 2010 by IX of this same article.For 2011, the rates to be taken into account for the départements for the calculation of the compensatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-45

Deliberations made by meetings in breach of the provisions of articles L. 22-10-31, L. 22-10-32 and L. 22-10-33 are null and void.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and accounting system

Article R4642-9

…chapter, the Agency's financial system is set out in Titles I and III of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budget management and accounting. The Agency's budget shall generally includ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies DA

Equipment acquired or manufactured before 1 January 2011 that appears on a list drawn up by joint order of the Minister for the Budget and the Minister for the Environment and that is intended to redu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions relating to accountants.

Article D1874-1

I. - The articles R. 1617-1 to R. 1617-18, the articles D. 1617-19 to D. 1617-21, R. 1617-22, as it read prior to Decree no. 2018-967 of 8 November 2018, and D. 1617-23 shall apply to the communes of…

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