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Showing 531540 of 1084 articles for Art. 80 quater

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Specific provisions for victims of violence and offences committed within a couple or within the family

Article D1-11

…n is used for any offence committed within a couple and falling within the scope of the article 132-80 of the Penal Code, the victim may ask the public prosecutor to provide him/her as soon as possibl…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Direct allowances

Article 411-18

…panies when the short cinematographic works give rise to production expenses in France for at least 80% of their final cost or of the French share in the case of an international co-production, up to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AA quinquies

…and tools used in scientific and technical research operations mentioned in a of II of article 244 quater B are increased to 1, 5, 2 and 2.5 respectively, depending on whether the normal useful life…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L242-29

…form whatsoever, before expiry of the withdrawal periods provided for in articles L. 224-79, L. 224-80 and L. 224-81 is punishable by a fine of 300,000 euros.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting rules

Article R6123-19

…ear, the revenue and expenditure operations are carried out on the basis of and within the limit of 80% of the budget approved for the previous financial year.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Mutual assistance for the purposes of hearings, surveillance or infiltration

Article 694-6

When the surveillance provided for in Article 706-80 is to be prosecuted in a foreign State, it shall be authorised, under the conditions provided for by international conventions, by the public prose…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-9-1

…ing or terrorist financing, the persons who issue electronic money referred to in 1°, 1° ter and 1° quater of Article L. 561-2 are not subject to the due diligence requirements laid down in Articles L…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8: Non-compliance with conditions governing tax benefits

Article 1740-0 B

…individual who does not meet the condition set out in the third paragraph of 1 of I of article 117 quater and the last paragraph of I of article 125 A to benefit from an exemption from the levies pro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Capping of certain income tax benefits

Article 200-0 A

…and carried forward, and income tax credits, with the exception of those mentioned in articles 199 quater B, 199 quater C, 199 quater F, 199 septies, 199 terdecies-0 B, 199 quindecies, 199 octodecies…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8: Non-compliance with conditions governing tax benefits

Article 1740-00 A

…e 217 undecies, the second paragraph of A and the second paragraph of 2° of B of VII of Article 244 quater Y at the end of the five-year period mentioned in the twenty-fifth paragraph of I of Article…

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