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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article D712-11-1

…the numerical importance of each college, measured by the total number of voters registered at the last elections of the social and economic committees of the network, excluding voters not directly e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Notaries' fees

Article A444-179

…09 € Issue, at the request of the interested party, of a copy of the expert report pursuant to the last paragraph of article 227 15.09 € e) Acts and formalities taken in application of article 231 of…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 219

…ence referred to in the fifth paragraph refers, for listed securities, to the average price for the last thirty days prior to that of the transfer and, for unlisted securities, to their probable tradi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-29

…e tax potential of the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolis.The bases used are the gross bases for the last year for which the results are known, used as the basis for inter-municipal taxation. If there…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article A43-9

…0 per month MT 40 Details of traffic through a telephone relay (cell) over a 4-hour period over the last twelve months. Subscriber identification is extra. 8.50 € 12.75 € MT 41 Details of traffic thro…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-10

…he violation; b) the Ineligibility measure to take effect from the date of sample collection or the last violation of the anti-doping rules. However, in each case where this Article is applied, the pe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Agency staff

Article L1432-11

…more representative trade union organisations that received more than 50% of the votes cast in the last committee elections.The rules governing the validity of these agreements are those set out in a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 209-0 B

…Area, of the net tonnage of vessels eligible for this scheme has not decreased on average over the last three financial years, reduced where applicable to twelve months, in relation to the proportion…

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

Article 238 quindecies

…led into question if the transferor falls into one of the situations referred to in 3 of II and the last paragraph of III at any time during the three years following the completion of the transaction…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
APPENDIX TO BOOK II

Article

…e files to any digital broadcast medium; 2° A summary table of all de minimis aid received over the last three tax years by the production company.II-2. Selective financial aid for the production of l…

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