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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable profits

Article 93

1. The profit to be included in the income tax base is made up of the excess of total revenue over the expenses required to carry on the profession. Subject to the provisions of article 151 sexies, it…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 quater

I.-An annual tax on office premises, commercial premises, storage premises and parking areas is levied within the territorial limits of the Bouches-du-Rhône, Var and Alpes-Maritimes departments.II.-.T…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article D621-29

The amount of the contributions and the rates provided for in 4° of II of Article L. 621-5-3 are set as follows:1° The contribution payable by the persons mentioned in the first and second paragraphs…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe B

…to the decision giving rise to the entitlement, with article and paragraph of decree no. 90-437 of 28 May 1990 as amended or decree no. 2001-654 of 19 July 2001 which is being applied; - whether it c…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2641-1

…article R. 2152-4, the words "by European Union law" are deleted; 27° Article R. 2152-5 is deleted; 28° In article R. 2162-23, the reference to the Prefect is replaced by the reference to the represen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-40

…finds itself in one of the following situations: 1° It has infringed a provision of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019; 2° It has infringed a p…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Issuing the summons to pay as a form of seizure to the debtor

Article R321-3

…s the means test set out in law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991 on legal aid and decree no. 2020-1717 of 28 December 2020 implementing this law; 13° An indication, if the debtor is a natural person, that i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-73

…ite provided for in article R. 225-61 ;5° The account registration date defined in article R. 22-10-28, specifying that only shareholders meeting the conditions set out in that article on that date ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: The automated national registry of judicial procedures and the automated processing system known as "Cassiopée".

Article R15-33-66-8

…court, for the sole purpose of carrying out their duties as defined in articles L. 123-3 et R. 123-28 of the same code; 4° The national representative to Eurojust, and the magistrates, registrars and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-39

…inted by the police prefect and, for the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, a representative of the Marseille marine fire battalion appointed by the mayor of Marseille and, in Corsica, a representativ…

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