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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1382 C

…eir own tax status may, by deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in l'article 1639 A bis, exempt from property tax on built-up properties, for their share of the tax, buildings or parts…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1813

…0 shall be imposed on anyone who, not being the holder of the exemption provided for in Article 311 bis, has, in a professional capacity, used a mobile distillation apparatus; b. Any infringement of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 223

1. Legal entities and associations liable to corporation tax are required to file the declarations provided for the basis of assessment of income tax in respect of industrial and commercial profits (r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article R228-22-1

For the application of III of article L. 228-12, the Board of Directors or the Management Board, or by delegation one of the persons mentioned in article L. 225-129-4, shall draw up a buyback notice w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to offences leading to the loss of driving licence points

Article A37-10

The official statement of offence referred to in Article A. 37-1 is orange in colour and its characteristics are as follows: I.-On the front, on the left-hand side, are the details provided for in I o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Bodies

Article L5211-6-1

…municipalities may not exceed by more than 25% the number that would be allocated in application of III and IV of this article;b) The seats are distributed according to the municipal population of eac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-12-1

…es L. 225-204 to L. 225-214. II.-Preference shares repurchased in accordance with the provisions of III of Article L. 228-12 may be retained in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in Arti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal provisions

Article L425-11

The prison sentences provided for in I, II and III of article 22 of deliberation no. 202 of the Congress of New Caledonia of 22 August 2006 relating to the protection of athletes' health and the fight…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 2: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L162-1

…he powers attributed to the Regional Councils and the General Councils by Chapters 1 and 2 of Title III of this Book. In these articles, the words "region" and "department" are replaced by the words "…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Eligible start-up costs

Article D331-37

…video game creation expenditure are set out in Articles 46 quater-0 YZG to 46 quater-0 YZI of Annex III to the General Tax Code.

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