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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 207

1. The following are exempt from corporation tax:1° (provisions no longer applicable);1° bis. Professional trade unions, whatever their legal form, and their unions for their activities relating to th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax system

Article L5211-6-1

…rms:a) The total number of seats distributed between the municipalities may not exceed by more than 25% the number that would be allocated in application of III and IV of this article;b) The seats are…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R774-39

…"in 1° to 7°c", the words "with the exception of 1°c and 6°a," are inserted; 15° In Articles R. 561-25 and R. 561-57 : a) References to the professions of lawyer, bailiff, notary, auctioneer, chartere…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1

…product, either extemporaneously in pharmacies or under the conditions provided for in Article L. 5125-1 or Article L. 5126-6 ;2° Hospital preparation, any medicinal product, with the exception of gen…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Recipients of data

Article R142-16

…ular the prohibition on employing foreign nationals without a work permit as set out in article L. 8251-1 of the Labour Code, and pursuant to article L. 8271-19 of the same code, the labour inspection…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 0

…ducation Code, the Public Health Code and other regulations in force. (3) Article 7 of the Order of 25 July 2013 setting out the terms and conditions for accrediting authorising officers to assigning…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Organisation and supplementary content of the economic, social and environmental database

Article R2312-8

…by gender and by professional category; b) For companies subject to the provisions of Article L. 225-115 of the Commercial Code, the total amount of remuneration referred to in 4° of this article; c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-8

…ken into account for the risk assessment and leads the statutory auditor to revise that assessment. 25. The statutory auditor concludes on the sufficiency and appropriateness of the information gather…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for early access authorisation

Article R5121-68

…ation(s) concerned; c) Where applicable, the documents mentioned in articles R. 5121-21 and R. 5121-25 or, failing these, the brochure for the investigator mentioned in article R. 1123-20 and the tech…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
20°: Tax reduction for donations made by individuals

Article 200

1. Open the right to an income tax reduction equal to 66% of their amount the sums taken within the limit of 20% of taxable income which correspond to donations and payments, including the express aba…

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