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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 quater

…s located in a zone franche urbaine-territoire entrepreneur defined in B du 3 de l'article 42 de la loi n° 95-115 du 4 février 1995 d'orientation pour l'aménagement et le développement du territoire,…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-44

The coefficients applicable to works in the animation genre are determined as follows: I.-The works are divided into two groups: 1° First group: works with French hourly expenditure of €350,000 or mor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article R93

I.-The costs assimilated to those of Article R. 92 and recoverable by the State are those resulting from:1° Expert appraisals carried out pursuant to the provisions of Title I of Book II of Part Three…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 decies E

…of a public body responsible for the development of a new conurbation created in application of the loi n° 70-610 du 10 juillet 1970 tendant à faciliter la création d'agglomérations nouvelles.The owne…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1636 B undecies

…public establishment for inter-communal cooperation collects the tax for those that comply with the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers

Article L5215-20

I. - The urban community exercises the following competences by operation of law, in place and stead of the member municipalities:1° With regard to the economic, social and cultural development and pl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1c: Capital gains realised in the course of an agricultural, craft, commercial, industrial or liberal activity

Article 151 septies

I. - The provisions of this article apply to commercial, industrial, craft, liberal or agricultural activities carried out on a professional basis.II. - Capital gains on disposals subject to the regim…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 278 sexies

…include the multi-annual agreements provided for in the premier alinéa du I de l'article 10-3 de la loi n° 2003-710 du 1er août 2003 précitée et, le cas échéant, de leurs protocoles de préfiguration;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART SIX

Article Annexe 61-5

COMPOSITION OF THE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS OF THE ANNEXED BUDGETS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE D. 6145-6. UNALLOCATED ALLOCATION Expenditure GROUP 1 Operating expenses relating to personnel A 631: Taxes and simil…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-3

A commercial practice is also misleading if, taking into account the specific limitations of the means of communication used and the surrounding circumstances, it omits, conceals or provides in an uni…

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