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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 quater C

1. Taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B may benefit from an income tax credit in respect of expenditure actually incurred, between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2025, for t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs

Article L443-8

…s repeated within a period of two years from the date on which the first penalty decision became final.VIII.-For the products mentioned in I of this article, II of article L. 442-1 and, for the determ…

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In force

Article Annexe 2-1

…the words: société à responsabilité limitée or the initials: SARL and a statement of the share capital. Article 4 Head office The head office is located at : (indicate the address of the registered of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies D

…hird, enable it to maintain or increase its holding by a fraction equal to at least 10% of the capital.The allocation to the provision is equal to the amount of the losses incurred by the establishmen…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Appeal from a judgment ruling exclusively on jurisdiction

Article 84

The time limit for appeal is fifteen days from notification of the judgment. The court clerk's office will send this notification to the parties by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. I…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-18

In the event of the concealment or misrepresentation referred to in article L. 113-8, in the event that the insured has voluntarily taken his own life during the period referred to in article L. 132-7…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Trusts

Article 238 quater I

I. - In the event of the assignment or cancellation of all or part of the settlor's rights representing the property or rights transferred to the trust assets, the results of the trust assets shall be…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5 : Stipulation of unequal shares.

Article 1524

The attribution of the entire community can only be agreed for the event of survival, either in favour of a designated spouse or in favour of whoever survives. The spouse who retains the entire commun…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Determination of the transport undertaking's failure to fulfil its obligations

Article R821-4

The official report of the transport company's failure, referred to in article L. 821-12, includes:1° The name of the transport company;2° The references of the flight or journey concerned;3° In the e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions for legal entities.

Article L4741-12

Where article L. 4741-11 has been applied, no new offence may be recorded for the same reason during the period which may have been granted. In the event of a repeat offence recorded in the official r…

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