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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLVIII: Tax credit for new productive investments in overseas France

Article 244 quater W

…of this 4 in the form of a reduction in the fee provided for in article 5 of the aforementioned Act no. 84-595 of 12 July 1984 and the transfer price of the building.II. - 1. The tax credit is based o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article L621-5-3

I. - A fixed fee is payable by persons subject to the supervision of the Autorité des marchés financiers, where provided for by law or regulation, in the following cases: 1° In the event of publicatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-12

The standard of ethics "securing the interventions of the statutory auditor-implementation of the risks and safeguards approach", approved by the Minister of Justice, is set out below: Ethical standar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-15

…public offers of shares referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 512-1 orArticle 11 of Law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperatives or public offers of mutualist certifi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe 10

…ture; \n\t\t\t-volunteering contract including the information provided for in Article 12 of Decree No. 2006-1205 of 29 September 2006 on voluntary associations;\n\t \t\t-copy of the approval decision…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 5

…the terms of payment and any revisions. 2. Documents required under heading 51121 except documents no. 2 under heading 511211. 512212. Subsequent payments Settlement of principal and interest. 51222.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 4

Heading 4-Public procurement (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)(1) If the services relate to a building, its geographical location is indicated on one of the supporting documents attached to the mandate. >(2) Th…

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In force

Article Annexe 4-7

…\n\t\t\t44\n\t\t\tLoyers\n\t\t\tCommand to pay rents and charges, provided for in Article 24 of Law No. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 tending to improve rental relations and amending Law No. 86-1290 of 23 Dec…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
ANNEX TO BOOK VII

Article

…scheme (or other equivalent document): Aid scheme taken in application of exempted framework regime no. SA. 46706, on aid for international co-development and international co-production of cinematogr…

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

Article L5219-5

…fined in the city contract;d) Signing the inter-municipal agreement referred to in Article 8 of Law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 on programming for the city and urban cohesion ;2° Construction, de…

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