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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1663 B

…ter deducting tax reductions and credits, levies, deductions at source and instalments, the balance of the income tax and other taxes appearing on the same roll item is recovered under the conditions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1663 C

…uthorities under the conditions set out in Article 204 E is paid in twelfths no later than the 15th of each month of the year, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 1680 A. 2. At the ta…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1665 ter

I.-The amount of the specific aid mentioned in 5° of II of article L. 133-5-12 of the Social Security Code, constituting an advance payment of the tax credit provided for in article 199 sexdecies of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
d: Levy on fixed-income investment income

Article 1678 quater

…in l'article 125 A, the withholding tax relating to interest on savings bonds mentioned in article 1678 bis and the levies on income attached to capitalisation bonds or contracts and to investments o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Control procedures

Article R225-164

The Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Management Board shall reply in writing within one month to questions put to it pursuant to Article L. 225-232. Within the same timeframe, it sends a copy…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Control procedures

Article R225-161

The statutory auditors shall draw up and file at the registered office the special report provided for in the third paragraph of Articles L. 225-40and L. 225-88 at least fifteen days before the Ordina…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Control procedures

Article R225-163

…operations, under the conditions provided for in article L. 225-231, is appointed by the President of the Commercial Court, ruling in summary proceedings, after the Registrar has summoned the Chairma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Control procedures

Article R225-162

…ne the shareholders' meeting after having unsuccessfully requested that it be convened by the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, by registered letter with acknowledgement…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Candidacy requirements

Article R1441-16

The specific delegation of authority referred to in 3° of article L. 1441-12 and 2° of article L. 1441-13, enabling professional and managerial staff to be registered in the employers' section, may ta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific pollution rooms

Article R4222-16

…nstallations include a monitoring system to detect faults in the purification devices. In the event of a fault, the necessary measures are taken by the employer to maintain compliance with the occupat…

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