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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies F

…in respect of financial years ending before 1 July 2009: 1° With food safety regulations, for those carrying on an industrial, commercial or craft business; 2° With health, safety, fire protection, an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Presentation of the request

Article R2333-120-32 octies

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: List of reference works

Article 311-31

…n the list of reference works may be made, on a provisional basis, for episodes that have been broadcast or made available to the public during the previous year on a television service or on-demand a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 312-31

Rewriting grants are awarded for the following audiovisual projects:1° Fiction projects, either in the form of single programmes with a planned running time of at least 60 minutes, or in the form of s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Cemeteries and funeral operations (R).

Article R2512-31

In the case provided for in article R. 2223-13, when the mayor or his delegate goes to the cemetery to note the abandoned state of a plot, he may be accompanied by the police commissioner or, in the l…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Meters

Article 314

…llation equipment used by professional distillers, by bouilleurs de cru or on their behalf. The indications on the meters are authentic, until proven otherwise, for the purposes of taking charge of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The borough mayor

Article L2511-31

The mayor of the municipality or the mayor of Paris informs the arrondissement mayor of the general conditions for the implementation of equipment projects whose execution is planned, in whole or in p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to Paris.

Article R*3131-15

…powers vested in the representative of the State in the department by this chapter are exercised in Paris by the Prefect of Police.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions applicable to Paris

Article R*3131-18

The powers conferred on the representative of the State in the département by article L. 3131-17 are exercised in Paris by the Préfet de Police.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31

…half of the tenant by the owner for which the latter has been unable to obtain reimbursement, as at 31 December of the year in which the tenant left;a quater) The provisions for expenses, whether or n…

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