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

Article 113

For the application of articles 109 and 112, the direct incorporation of profits into the capital is treated as an incorporation of reserves.

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

Article 111

…loans or deposits.Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, when these sums are repaid after 1 January 1960, to the legal entity that had paid them, the fraction of tax to which their allocatio…

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

Article 145-1

…not exceeding four months by means of a reasoned order in accordance with the provisions of article 137-3 and given after an adversarial hearing organised in accordance with the provisions of the sixt…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IIc : Mobile electronic anti-seizure devices for the protection of victims of violence

Article 1136-19

…attachment device, the parties shall receive the following information from the family court judge: 1° The defendant's refusal to fit the anti-attachment bracelet, to the wearing of which she had prev…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 831-1

…e automatic cinema exhibition accounts may be invested and the advances provided for in article 232-16 may be allocated in order to help offset the additional costs resulting from the energy consumpti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Gas distribution and transport (R).

Article R2333-117

…r year.The financial terms of the calculation of the ceiling of the fees defined in article R. 2333-114 change on 1st January of each year in proportion to the change in the engineering index, defined…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishments and organisations authorised to combat tuberculosis

Article D3112-10

…tivities of approved centres. The tuberculosis centres approved under the conditions of article D. 3112-8 must submit an activity and performance report for the previous year to the Director General o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Representation of the professions to the public authorities.

Article R814-14

…eil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires draws up its budget. On 1 March each year, it draws up its balance sheet for the operations of the previous year. This balan…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Introductory chapter: Definitions

Article 120-1

…1° of article D. 311-2 of the Code du cinéma et de l'image animée and direct…

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