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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Equity financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 238 bis HJ

…on-compliance with the condition of exclusivity of their activity, the companies defined in Article 238 bis HE must pay the Treasury compensation equal to 25% of the fraction of the capital that has n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and mission

Article L561-23

…s provided for in Article L. 561-15 and the information referred to in Articles L. 561-15-1, L. 561-25, L. 561-25-1, L. 561-27, L. 561-28 and L. 561-29. III. - This department shall collect, analyse,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.

Article L225-197-1

…inary General Meeting, on the report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, and on the special report of the company's Statutory Auditors or, if none has been appointed…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Inspections

Article L513-23

…e auditor of any company controlling the société de crédit foncier within the meaning of Article L. 233-3 of the Commercial Code, or the auditor of a company controlled directly or indirectly by a com…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-19

…l supervision, a suspended or split sentence or conditional release, the sentence enforcement judge may order, after consulting the public prosecutor, the provisional incarceration of the convicted of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 octodecies

…from persons domiciled in France within the meaning of l'article 4 B. The tax reduction is equal to 25% of the amount of the payments made, of the assets or rights allocated, retained for the value se…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VII ter : Taxation of professional capital gains arising from the transfer or purchase of rights relating to a company governed by articles 8 to 8 ter and carrying on a real estate business

Article 238 octies B

In the event of the transfer or redemption of the rights of a shareholder taxable in the category of industrial and commercial profits, non-commercial profits or agricultural profits, or subject to co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-25

…f usage rights, each of them submits an application under the conditions set out above. The prefect may give a global ruling on these applications and issue a single authorisation for all the territor…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-25

…t matter is not patentable under the terms of Articles L. 611-10, L. 611-11 and L. 611-13 to L. 611-19;b) If it does not set out the invention clearly and completely enough for a person skilled in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-25

…ies. It specifies for each region the amount of the credits mentioned in a and b of article L. 1435-9. Additional appropriations may be allocated during the year, under the same conditions as those se…

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