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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies B

…nd medium-sized companies subject to corporation tax or income tax according to a real system may deduct from their taxable income a sum equal to 40% of the original value of assets included in fixed…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MEASURES

Article L2251-3

…nicipality may entrust responsibility for creating or managing it to an association governed by the loi du 1er juillet 1901 relative au contrat d'association or to any other person; it may also grant…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-30

…ven under the conditions provided for the transfer of shares by l'article 19, premier alinéa, de la loi du 29 novembre 1966. If the consent to the preferential allotment provided for in the second par…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use.

Article L5138-3

…oeia specifications where these exist. Active substances used as starting materials in medicinal products for human use are manufactured and distributed in accordance with good manufacturing practice,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Commencement and termination of guardianship

Article 390

Guardianship is established when both the father and mother are deceased or are deprived of the exercise of parental authority.It is also established in respect of a child whose parentage has not been…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Other service providers

Article L774-39

The articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording r…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2341-3

…and Article L. 317-8 of the French Internal Security Code. The exclusion from the procurement procedure applies for a period of five years from the date of the judge's decision, except where the pena…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-33

…d as an event of default by persons subject to the supervision of the Authority ; 11° Require the reduction of risk inherent in the activities, products and systems of credit institutions, investment…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 313

The Public Prosecutor shall, in the name of the law, make any submissions that he or she considers useful: the court is required to take note of them and to deliberate on them. The public prosecutor's…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Voluntary appearance and summons

Article 389

The warning, issued by the public prosecutor, dispenses with the summons, if it is followed by the voluntary appearance of the person to whom it is addressed.It indicates the offence being prosecuted…

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