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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Departmental committee for direct taxes and turnover taxes

Article 1651 C

…of the market value used for the assessment of value added tax, in the cases provided for in 4° of 1 of Article L. 59 A of the Book of Tax Procedures, the commission comprises, in addition to the cha…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L4311-6

In addition to the labour inspectors mentioned in Article L. 8112-1, customs officers, competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers, mining engineers and industrial and mining engineers ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article R822-7

…following may also be entered on the list of statutory auditors referred to in I of Article L. 822-1, pursuant to the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 822-1-2 persons who have success…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 112

Distributed income shall not include:1° Allocations which, for members or shareholders, have the character of repayments of contributions or share premiums. However, a distribution shall only be deeme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
16°: Acquisitions of woods and forests and land for reforestation

Article 1137

…bare land not subject to a prohibition on afforestation, recorded in a notarised deed signed before 1 January 2005, are exempt from any levy for the benefit of the Treasury if the purchaser undertakes…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the list of industrial property attorneys

Article R422-3-2

Failing an express decision within the time limit mentioned in article R. 422-3-1, the application is deemed to be accepted.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 2: Declarations for the purposes of secondary registration outside the jurisdiction of the principal place of business.

Article R123-65

The application for secondary registration shall state the information referred to in 1° and 2° of Article R. 123-237, as well as: 1° For companies, the information provided for in 1°, 2° and 4° of ar…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to sub-contracts

Article L2393-7

By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 2393-1, the purchaser may require certain essential tasks of the contract to be carried out directly by the contractor, in particular for reasons…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures to boost film production

Article 916-4

For sums registered in the automatic account of production companies which were due to lapse on 31 December 2020, the period mentioned in 1° of article 123-8 is extended by one year.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L411-8

Subject to the provisions of 2° of article L. 411-10, the employer, after consulting the works council or, where there is no works council, the staff representatives or any other consultative body wit…

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