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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable profits

Article 93

…premises. Where the taxpayer is the owner of premises allocated to the exercise of his profession, no deduction is made in this respect from taxable profits;2° Depreciation carried out in accordance…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Levy on casino gaming revenue.

Article D422-7

The rules governing direct levies on casino gaming revenue are set out in Articles D. 2333-74 and D. 2333-76 to R. 2333-82-1 of the French General Local Authorities Code, which are reproduced below: "…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Withholding taxes and levies on certain income and profits earned by companies not established in France for tax purposes

Article 235 quater

…hich the income and profits are included, is located in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area which has concluded with France an…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R385-2

…ums for temporary insurance policies in the event of death with a term of more than three years but not more than five years. The capital at risk is equal to the risk of death, less the mathematical p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Buildings financed by state-subsidised loans

Article 1384 A

…ion of the exemption is reduced to ten years for home-ownership housing for the completion of which no loan application was submitted before 31 December 1983.This exemption does not apply to housing f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-30-3

…ropean Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003, defined on the basis of their annual turnover: a) For the portion of their deposits eligible for the guarantee mentioned in 1° which exceeds…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-12

…ontributing to the exercise of competences subject to the definition of a metropolitan interest and not declared to be of metropolitan interest may be made available, in whole or in part, to the terri…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-4

…line curative treatment of: a) asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant women, b) simple cystitis, with no risk factor for complications. - Local or oral anti-infectives for the first-line curative treatm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138

…tigating judge or the liberty and custody judge, to one or more of the obligations listed below: 1° Not to leave the territorial limits determined by the investigating judge or the liberty and custody…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article L112-2-1

…ht exists. II.-1° Any natural person who has entered into a distance contract for purposes which do not fall within the scope of their commercial or professional activity has a period of fourteen full…

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