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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-113

…ing, where applicable, to property prices and meeting the conditions laid down in article R. 214-32-25 ; b) They are entered into on regulated futures markets, the list of which is set by order of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Regional school equipment grants

Article R4332-10

…e 40% intended to take account of changes in the school-age population are allocated as follows: 1° 25% in proportion to the number of births recorded in the region between the tenth and sixth years p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Equalisation allowance.

Article L3334-4

…ment may not be less than the amount of urban equalisation allocation received the previous year.In 2023, the amount of the equalisation allocation mentioned in the first paragraph of this article, be…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 duodecies A

…sing a useful life equal to that of the contract. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS CONCLUDED FROM JANUARY 1, 1996. Capital gains realised on the disposal of a leasing contract entered into under the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies D

…o €3,000,000.For the purposes of determining the results of financial years beginning on or after 1 January 1995, the provisions of this IV apply, subject to the same conditions and limits, to French…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory sureties covered by the surety guarantee mechanism.

Article D313-26

…14 of Law no. 75-1334 of 31 December 1975, as amended, relating to subcontracting; 2° Articles L. 1251-49 to L. 1251-53 and articles L. 7123-19, L. 7123-21 and L. 7123-22 of the French Labour Code; 3…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-27

…ffences provided for in the Highway Code or in the articles 221-6,221-6-1,222-19,222-19-1,222-20-1,225-10-1,227-3 à 227-11,311-3,314-5,314-6,431-1,431-4and 434-10 of the Penal Code and L. 3421-1 of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-6

…munities.The flat-rate compensation rate is set at 15.761% for eligible expenditure incurred from 1 January 2014.The flat-rate compensation rate is set at 16.404% for eligible expenditure incurred fro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-15

In the event that the individual limited liability entrepreneur renounces the appropriation or in the event of his death, the declaration mentioned in Article L. 526-7 ceases to have effect. However,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Permanent resident card

Article L426-4

…L. 423-6, L. 423-10, L. 423-11, L. 423-12, L. 423-16, L. 424-1, L. 424-3, L. 424-13, L. 424-21, L. 425-3, L. 426-1, L. 426-2, L. 426-3, L. 426-6, L. 426-7 or L. 426-10, or the "long-term resident-EU"…

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