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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 sexvicies

I. - Taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B can benefit from an income tax reduction for the acquisition, from 1 January 2009 until 31 December 2022, a new dwelling or a dwell…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 221

1 Corporation tax is assessed under the same conditions and subject to the same penalties as income tax (industrial and commercial profits, tax regime based on actual profits or based on the simplifie…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ie: Transparency and control procedures

Article R321-14

I. - The reports provided for in Article L. 326-1 are published on the website of the collective management organisations concerned and are maintained on this site, available to the public, for at lea…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-58

I.-Prior to the conclusion of a contract, providers of publicly available electronic communications services shall communicate, pursuant to 1° of Article L. 224-27-1, the following information: 1° For…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1763 C

When the administration establishes that a fonds commun de placement à risques, a fonds professionnel de capital investissement or a société de libre partenariat whose rules or articles of association…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory.

Article L631-2-1

Without prejudice to the respective powers of the institutions that its members represent, the Haut Conseil de stabilité financière supervises the financial system as a whole, with the aim of preservi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

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
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L2336-3

…communales (National Fund for the Equalisation of Intercommunal and Communal Resources) is financed by a levy on the tax resources of intercommunal groupings and communes that do not belong to any tax…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-2-3

…performance of a work incorporated into a programme mentioned in II on an ancillary online service broadcast cross-border by a broadcasting organisation with its main establishment on national territ…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-2

…d or service, a trade mark, trade name or other distinguishing sign of a competitor; 2° Where it is based on false or misleading claims, indications or presentations relating to one or more of the fol…

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