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

Article 216 ter

Corporate entities which subscribe before 1 July 1964 to the initial capital of the sociétés immobilières conventionnées referred to in Order no. 58-876 of 24 September 1958 or to their capital increa…

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

Article 217 septdecies

1. Mutual insurers and unions governed by the Mutual Code and provident institutions governed by Title III of Book IX of the Social Security Code may allocate a special solvency reserve account up to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 219 ter

By way of derogation from the provisions of article 219, compensation received by companies affected by acts of war for the repair of fixed assets or to replace destroyed stock may, at the request of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 219 quinquies

The withholding tax levied pursuant to article 182 B or from article 182 A bis is deductible from the amount of corporation tax that may be due on the income to which it relates.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 219 bis

Notwithstanding the provisions of article 219, the rate of corporation tax is set at 24% in respect of the income referred to in section 5 of article 206, received by non-profit-making public establis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-21

In view of the request made pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 495-18 or the complaint made pursuant to the second paragraph of article 495-19, the public prosecutor may either waive prosecuti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 694-21

Any European Investigation Order shall be drawn up using a form which has been completed, signed and the content of which is certified as accurate and correct by the issuing judicial authority, which…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of the European arrest warrant

Article 695-21

I.-Where the Public Prosecutor who issued the European arrest warrant has obtained the surrender of the requested person, that person may not, without the consent of the executing Member State, be sur…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-21

…d, the case must come to the first public hearing or, at the latest, within ten days of his committal. The Investigating Chamber confirms, if appropriate, the revocation of the judicial supervision or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-21

In the cases provided for in article 706-18, the committal or arrest warrant shall remain enforceable; the prosecution or investigation acts and formalities that took place before the decision to reli…

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