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

Article L5219-5

…hment replaces, until 31 December 2017 for the competences provided for in 3° and until 31 December 2016 for the competence provided for in 4°, the municipalities or public establishments of inter-mun…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
ANNEX TO BOOK III

Article

…the General Tax Code, as well as proof of registration in the public film and audiovisual register; 18° Where applicable, any international pre-sales contract or any contractual document attesting to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 219

I.-For tax calculation purposes, taxable profit is rounded to the nearest euro. The fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is counted as 1.The standard rate of tax is set at 25%.However:a. The net amount of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies

Article D533-16-1

…g to Articles 10 to 15 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to promote sustainable investment and amending Regu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 4

…ied by the result of the validation process in accordance with the order referred to in Article R. 2182-3 of the French Public Procurement Code, or failing this by an administrative certificate attest…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-2 (suite 3)

…definitive assessment can only be made after appropriate treatment (synthetic antithyroid drugs for 18 months, surgery, radioactive iodine, etc.).If there are still clinical signs of thyroid dysfuncti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-2-1

…ccounting information using the materiality level(s) defined at the level of the entity's accounts. 18. Where the statutory auditor determines that an entity is material because of the significance of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes I

Article Annexe I-6 art R131-3 et R132-7

…also end if the disciplinary body is unable to take a decision within the time limit set in article 18 of these regulations.Decisions relating to precautionary measures shall be notified to the person…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-2

…ide effects of treatment: 10 to 30%.VII. - Special casesPost-concussive" syndrome persisting beyond 18 months: up to 3%.II. - PSYCHIATRYThe diagnosis of psychiatric sequelae requires examination by a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII quater : Taxes levied by groupings substituted for communes for the application of provisions relating to the business property tax, the business value added tax, the flat-rate tax on network companies and the additional tax on property not built on.

Article 1609 nonies C

…8 of the aforementioned Law no. 2009-1673 of 30 December 2009 and in III of Article 79 of Law no. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 on finance for 2019 may decide to make this reduction in compensation al…

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