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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and general rules

Article R744-1

…and column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 211-1no. 2018-1226 of 24 December 2018R. 211-2 to R. 211-6no. 2023-421 of 31 May 2023R. 211-7 to R. 211-9n° 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Leasing

Article R754-7

…column of the same table: " Applicable articles In the wording resulting from the decreeR. 313-3n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 313-4No. 2021-1887 of 29 December 2021R. 313-5no. 2023-369 of 11 May 20…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Capital financing of long-term electricity supply companies

Article 238 bis HV

For the assessment of corporation tax, cash subscriptions, made from 1 January 2023 until 31 December 2028, to the capital of approved capital companies, subject to corporation tax under the condition…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 231-1

…empted aid scheme No SA.42681, relating to aid for culture and heritage conservation for the period 2014-2023, adopted on the basis of Commission Regulation No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certa…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Selective financial aid

Article 232-23

…empted aid scheme No SA.42681, relating to aid for culture and heritage conservation for the period 2014-2023, adopted on the basis of Commission Regulation No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certa…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 412-1

…empted aid scheme No SA.42681, relating to aid for culture and heritage conservation for the period 2014-2023, adopted on the basis of Commission Regulation No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certa…

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

Article 831-1

…lting from the energy consumption linked to the activity of these establishments between 1 December 2022 and 31 March 2023.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 22: Materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs

Article R412-38

…in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 5 and 15 to 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles inte…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-40

…ided for in article 221-24 allocated for a given work from the entry into force of deliberation no. 2021/CA/18 of 27 May 2021 until 31 December 2023, the distribution company must have distributed at…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 H

…condary residences and other furnished premises not allocated to the principal dwelling relating to 2023 are equal to the council tax rates applied respectively on the territory of the commune and the…

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