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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Financing small-scale fishing

Article 238 bis HO

For the purposes of income tax or corporation tax, cash subscriptions made between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2010 to the capital of companies subject to corporation tax under the conditions of or…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 221-4

…ons:1° Be established in France;2° Be set up as a commercial company and have a fully paid-up share capital of at least €15,000. Compliance with the condition relating to the amount of share capital i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
10 ° : Tax credit for expenditure on executive production of cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 220 quaterdecies

…a tax credit in respect of the production expenses referred to in III, corresponding to operations carried out in France with a view to the production of cinematographic or audiovisual works produced…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Taking a sample

Article R512-22

3° Name and signature of the analyst; > Sealed samples are kept by the laboratory. Sealed samples are kept by the laboratory.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions applicable to hunting accidents.

Article R421-23

…in personal injury sustained while hunting or destroying vermin must produce their licence, if applicable, and inform the law enforcement officer who draws up the official report or prepares the accid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Implementation of the apprenticeship programme

Article R1161-23

…it. If the patient agrees, the written consent form is sent by the prescribing doctor to the healthcare professionals employed by the operator. A copy of this form is kept by the patient. When the pa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-23

…mbulance coordination missions by the most representative departmental association of emergency medical transport mentioned in article R. 6312-20 or by the health establishment where the emergency med…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-23

Subject to the provisions of section 19 of the law of 29 November 1966 and those of this sub-section imposing special majority conditions, decisions are taken by a majority of the votes held by the me…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-23

…ined by decree. The Office's expenses consist of : 1° The payment of compensation to victims of medical accidents, iatrogenic diseases and nosocomial infections in application of the provisions of thi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Transfers of fixed assets between group companies

Article 223 F

The fraction of the capital gain or loss relating to the transfer between group companies of a fixed asset, acquired since the date on which it was entered on the balance sheet of the group company wh…

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