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French General Tax CodeIn force
OA: Non-alcoholic drinks

Article 1613 quater

…for value added tax subject to the simplified tax regime provided for in Articles 302 septies A and 298 bis, on the annual declaration mentioned in 3 of Article 287 or in I of Article 298 bis filed in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-8

I.-Without prejudice to its right to apply to the administrative court pursuant to articles L. 521-1, L. 521-2 or L. 521-3 of the Code of Administrative Justice, any person detained in a prison in app…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between credit institutions and their customers

Article L312-1-1

…ent (French Association of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms), referred to in Article L. 511-29 of this Code, adopts professional standards that specify the terms and conditions and duration of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-19

…asis is at least equal to the sum of the Minimum Capital Requirement, referred to in Article R. 352-29, of the participating insurance or reinsurance undertaking in the case referred to in the second…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A quinquies

…s used for home-based paid employment provided for in B of II of article 74 of law no. 2013-1279 du 29 décembre 2013 de finances rectificative pour 2013.III. - For taxes due in respect of the years 20…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-5

…ember municipalities according to the tax integration coefficient defined in III of article L. 5211-29, then between the member communes, with the exception of those whose per capita financial potenti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L775-23

…14 and L. 532-15 law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 532-28 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 532-29 Act no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 532-30 to L. 532-32, I of L. 532-34, I of L. 532-36, L. 5…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12° : Tax reduction for certain overseas investments

Article 199 undecies B

I. - Taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B may benefit from an income tax reduction for new productive investments they make in the overseas departments, Saint-Pierre-et-Miqu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLIX: Tax credit for low-income housing associations investing in new housing in overseas France

Article 244 quater Y

5° 80% of the tax advantage provided by the tax reduction applied to the investment and by the deduction of the deficit arising from the rental of the property acquired and the capital loss realised o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-31

I.-Without prejudice to the provisions of article 23 of law no. 46-628 of 8 April 1946 on the nationalisation of electricity and gas, local and regional authorities or their public cooperation establi…

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