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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
ANNEX TO BOOK VI

Article

…n Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 referred to in Article 631-2 ; 2° Tax returns for the last three financial years for which the accounts have been closed; 3° The certificates referred to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2621-1

…ing Code are replaced by references to locally applicable provisions having the same purpose;3° The last paragraph of article R. 2122-2 is deleted;4° In 5° of article R. 2124-3, the word "European" is…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 167 bis

…s €800,000 on that same date.Taxpayers domiciled in France for tax purposes for at least six of the last ten years are taxable on the transfer of their tax domicile outside France on the value of clai…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 B ter

…ctivity within the meaning of articles 34 or 35, industrial, craft, liberal, agricultural or financial. The management of its own movable or immovable assets is excluded from the benefit of this exemp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 nonies: Businesses located in business tax-free zones in overseas departments

Article 44 quaterdecies

…e assessment of this condition, half of the amount of the allowances whose amount is limited by the last paragraph of III is retained.V. - (repealed)VI. - The deductions provided for in II and III are…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 quinquies : Capital gains realised on contributions to companies or restructuring of professional non-trading companies

Article 151 octies

…rds these inventories as assets on its balance sheet at the book value for which they appear on the last balance sheet of the transferring company.Under the conditions set out in a of 3 of article 210…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 116

…acknowledgement of receipt. He or she is also advised that any notification or service made to the last declared address will be deemed to have been made to his or her person. A note of this notice,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145

…that the accused person be placed under judicial supervision, shall proceed in accordance with the last two paragraphs of Article 116 relating to the declaration of address. If the court is consideri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-31

…l mutual funds, shares in venture capital companies and securities in the entities mentioned in the last paragraph of paragraph 8 of II of article 150-0 A of the General Tax Code, giving rise to diffe…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2671-2

…ement has not been extended by a decision of the Council of the European Union" are deleted;11° The last paragraph of Article L. 2171-2 is deleted;12° In article L. 2171-5, the words: "mentioned in ar…

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