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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° quinquies : Tax reduction granted for the capital financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

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
7° : Tax reduction for subscriptions to the capital of press companies

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 General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter XX: Levies on betting and gaming

Article 302 bis ZL

…sible for collection to which the registered office or main establishment belongs no later than the 25th of the month following the month during which the liability arose.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: PROPERTY AND STAFF

Article L3651-3

…ferred to the metropolis of Lyon, under the conditions provided for in articles 80 to 88 of law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of…

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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 Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Penalties applicable.

Article L3421-7

…of the same Code;4° A penalty of days' fine under the conditions set out in articles 131-5 and 131-25 of the Criminal Code;5° A ban, either definitive or for a maximum of five years, on practising a…

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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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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°d: Buildings included in or erected near sites exposed to particular risks

Article 1383 G bis

…itions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from property tax on built properties, up to 25% or 50%, buildings used for residential purposes that :- are built less than three kilometres fro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1382 C bis

…wing that of the occupation provided for in the first paragraph and sets a single exemption rate of 25%, 50%, 75% or 100%.II. - In order to benefit from the exemption, before 1st January of the first…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°d: Buildings included in or erected near sites exposed to particular risks

Article 1383 G ter

…for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from property tax on built-up properties, up to a maximum of 25% or 50%, buildings used for residential purposes completed prior to the implementation of a minin…

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