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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 ter B bis

…o, small and medium-sized enterprises given in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application…

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

Article 238-0 A

…by the decision of the Council of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development dated 17 September 2009, considers, as the case may be, that they are, or are not, exchanging any informat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-4

…a tobacco product on the market without having submitted the declaration defined in Article L. 3512-17 ; 2° Failure by a tobacco product manufacturer or importer to submit a market survey in breach of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Negotiating and formalising the commercial relationship

Article L441-3

…ice provider are committed, in particular the amount of the penalties referred to in Article L. 441-17 and the methods for determining this amount, shall be the subject of a written agreement, separat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article R811-3

…26 to R. 612-28 and R. 613-42 are applicable in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2022-196 of 17 February 2022;7° The provisions of Book VII with the exception of Article R. 717-11 as well as Ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3664-1

…318-2 of the town planning code;16° Expenditure on the construction and major repairs of colleges;17° Expenditure on the maintenance and construction of the metropolitan road network;18° Expenditure…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expenditure chargeable to the balance of the apprenticeship tax

Article L6241-5

…aged by a consular chamber and consular higher education establishments mentioned in article L. 711-17 of the Commercial Code; 5° Private higher education establishments managed by non-profit organisa…

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

Article L5217-12-1

…onsible; 16° Levies and contributions established by the laws on metropolitan property and revenue; 17° Expenses incurred by the application of article L. 2122-34 ; 18° (Repealed); 19° Expenses arisin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Vocational training and apprenticeships

Article R2241-4

…s of disabled workers to the various training schemes and the procedures for achieving this target; 17° The definition and conditions for the implementation of optional economic training initiatives w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article R822-33

…tions of article L. 822-14 put in place a progressive rotation mechanism in accordance with Article 17(7) of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014; 4° Compile appropriate documentation on how it meets the requi…

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