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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Local tax on companies operating ski-lift equipment.

Article D422-5

…al tax department stating the amount of gross revenue from the sale of transport tickets during the last closed accounting period. " "Art. R. 2333-71 of the General Local Authorities Code. The tax is…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-25

…a cinematographic work, an audiovisual work, a literary work, a musical work or a video game whose last version was published more than fifteen years ago; 2° The "Creative originality" sub-group is a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L227-1

…ributions in kind not subject to valuation by a contributions auditor does not exceed half the capital.Where the company is formed by a single person, the contributions auditor is appointed by the sol…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article Annexe de l'article R. 122-30

…) when it provides, on behalf of the State, a distance learning service under the provisions of the last paragraph of Article R. 426-2 of the Education Code; -Écoles maternelles et élémentaires publiq…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 sexdecies

…els, are exempt from tax. To benefit from the exemption, the company must have acquired, during the last financial year, or have undertaken to acquire within twenty-four months of the disposal, for th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-2

…ncial years.4° To electricity production services operated under the conditions provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 1412-1.When the service has been delegated, the portion borne by the ow…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to certain offences against the rules governing public land transport services

Article 529-6

…the interested party's home address, to the operator's department indicated in the settlement proposal. For offences recorded as a result of the use of a toll system that allows vehicles to be identif…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: Applications for relief from prohibitions, disqualifications, incapacities or publication measures

Article 702-1

…apply to the court that pronounced the conviction or, in the event of multiple convictions, to the last court that ruled, to relieve him or her, in whole or in part, including as regards the duration…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-2

Where they concern, subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of this Article, one or more of the offences mentioned in Article 706-47, information relating to the identity as well as the addres…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-2

…upport if this appears necessary during the compulsory early prenatal interview provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 2122-1, and for children under the age of six requiring special attenti…

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