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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal penalties

Article L242-7-2

…11-10 involving a large-scale or EU-wide infringement, pursuant to Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between nati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4 : Smoothing or spreading devices

Article 75-0 B

…perator contributes his business to a company.It is exclusive of the option provided for in article 75-0 A for exceptional income defined in a of 2 of this article.In the year of the transfer or cessa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 72 B bis

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4 : Smoothing or spreading devices

Article 75-0 C

…the year of cessation and the following four years: 1° The sums deducted in application of articles 72 D, 72 D bis, 72 D ter and 73, which have not yet been used and added to the immediately taxable p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 72 E bis

…e taxable profit for that same financial year for their amount excluding tax after deduction of an 87% allowance.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4 : Smoothing or spreading devices

Article 75-0 A

1. The exceptional income of a farmer subject to a real taxation system may, by option, be attached, in equal fractions, to the results of the financial year in which it is realised and of the six fol…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-7-2

I.-The regions may, with the approval of their public accountant and by written agreement, entrust the granting of aid provided for in Article L. 1511-2 as well as the collection of revenue or payment…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-7-1

Excluding any compulsory enforcement of their debts, local authorities and their public establishments may, with the approval of their public accountant and by written agreement, entrust a public or p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of simple adoption

Article 370-1-7

Simple adoption confers the adopter's name on the adopted person by adding it to the latter's name. However, if the adopted person is over thirteen years of age, he or she must consent to this additio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-7

The parents may apply to the family court judge for approval of the agreement by which they organise the arrangements for exercising parental authority and set the contribution to the child's maintena…

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