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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conduct of the treatment order.

Article R3711-21

…pliance with the treatment order. If the person has been convicted of a crime mentioned inarticle 706-53-13 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, this report is sent at least twice a year. This report pr…

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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 311-46

…tions laid down in 1° or 2° of Article…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 212

…sixth paragraph of II of this article in its wording prior to the entry into force of law no. 2018-1317 du 28 décembre 2018 de finances pour 2019, not charged at the close of the last financial year o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Right of the Board of Directors to impose sanctions - Suspension or reduction of funding

Article R2135-24

The total or partial suspension of the allocation of funding to an organisation or the reduction in the amount of funding ceases immediately when the Board of Directors finds that the organisation has…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXXV: Tax credit for interest-free repayable advances to finance the acquisition or construction of a principal residence

Article 244 quater J

…nd paid during the tax year or the financial year.The amount of the interest-free repayable advance may, where applicable, finance all of the work planned by the beneficiary of this advance when acqui…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AC

…by decree, the information required for the application of Article 8(3a) of Council Directive 2011/16/EU of 15 February 2011 on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation and repealing Direc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Compulsory sale of seized assets

Article A444-21

…ertification of completion of sale advertising formalities 37.23 € 94 Verification and removal act 56.38 € 95 Act of inventory and removal of goods placed in a safe 56.38 € 96 Minutes of affixing of n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter IIa: Mediation

Article L1112-24

…rtments, regions and public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by deliberation of the deliberative body, set up a territorial mediator, subject to the provisi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Tax on the costs of chambers of agriculture

Article 1604

…the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the finances for 2012.By way of derogation from II of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R712-17

If the initial budget is rejected, the institution deliberates within two months on a new budget, taking into account the observations of the supervisory authority.

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