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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 722-16

The amount of the direct allocation is set at:1° 40% of dubbing costs for each foreign version, up to a maximum of :- 70 per minute for two foreign versions per work chosen by the company;- €50 per mi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1665 bis

…payment corresponding to the tax credit provided for in Article 200 quater B of this code.Taxpayers may apply to the tax authorities, before 1 December of the year preceding that in which the advance…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-16

…e L. 2333-6 or that provided for by Article L. 2333-21, in their wording prior to 1st January 2009, may calculate their reference rate. This rate is then equal to the ratio between:- on the one hand,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-8

…has donated an element or product of their body and the person who has received it to be identified may be disclosed. The donor may not know the identity of the recipient, nor may the recipient know t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L227-16

Under the conditions they determine, the Articles of Association may provide that a shareholder may be required to transfer his shares. They may also provide for the suspension of the non-pecuniary ri…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 167 bis

…sed capital losses calculated in accordance with the procedures set out in the first paragraph of 2 may not be offset against capital gains calculated in accordance with the same procedures or against…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Operating conditions

Article L5125-16

A pharmacy may only remain open in the absence of its proprietor if the latter has been duly replaced. The annex mentioned in article L. 5125-7-1 may not remain open to the public in the absence of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4234-16

…ssions are inadmissible on grounds that can be remedied in the course of the proceedings, the court may reject them by noting the inadmissibility of its own motion until it has invited the party submi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 quatervicies

…d by a civil solidarity pact defined in article 515-1 of the Civil Code, subject to joint taxation, may deduct the contributions or premiums referred to in 1, up to an annual limit equal to the total…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Direct marketing of banking and financial services.

Article R341-16

…nvassed party with information to the effect that, unless the latter expressly agrees, the contract may not commence to be performed until the withdrawal period has expired. For the consumer credit ag…

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