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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 bis B bis

I. - As an exception to the provisions of articles 38, 238 septies B and 238 septies E, when insurance and capitalisation companies, supplementary professional retirement funds mentioned in Article L.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31 bis

The member of a société civile de placement immobilier, governed by articles L. 214-114 et seq. of the French Monetary and Financial Code, whose share of income is, pursuant to Article 8, subject in i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-2

…egnancy by medication under the conditions defined by Chapter I of Title I of Book III of this Part;4° Preventive medical and social activities in the home for pregnant women, in particular support if…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 bis A

…ed to constitute distributed income subject to the withholding tax provided for in Article 2 of 119 bis any payment, up to the amount corresponding to the distribution of proceeds from units or shares…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
0I bis : Declaration of interest-free repayable advances

Article 1649 A bis

The administrations, establishments, bodies or persons referred to in the first paragraph of

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The High Council for Financial Stability

Article L631-2-1

…emic risk and any threat to financial stability. It may make its opinions or recommendations public;4° It may, on a proposal from the Governor of the Banque de France, require the persons mentioned in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Pensions and compensation for personal injury

Article 775 bis

Annuities and compensation paid or due to the deceased as compensation for bodily injury resulting from an accident or illness are deductible from the assets of the estate at their nominal value..

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article R443-3

…in Saint-Martin is authorised under the conditions defined by the locally applicable provisions. ";4° In article R. 421-4, the words: "under the conditions defined in articles R. 5221-1 et seq. of th…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Recovery.

Article 349 bis

…for the exercise of the powers he holds under articles 345 ter, 348, 349 quinquies, 349 nonies, 379 bis, 387 bis and 388 of this code, the code of civil enforcement procedures, the provisions of the c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 bis

…penditure incurred for the purposes indicated above by deduction from profits for the same period.1 bis. The companies designated in 1 are authorised, at the close of each of the financial years 1970…

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