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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Terms and conditions governing the participation of army hospitals in the public hospital service

Article R6147-113

The army hospitals on the list provided for in article L. 6147-7 are treated in the same way as the university hospital centres mentioned in article L. 6141-2.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and terms of allocation

Article 919-111

Exceptional grants are awarded to foreign sales companies that:1° Meet the conditions set out in article 721-4;2° Regularly sell cinematographic works abroad.Companies that have marketed abroad at lea…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency and to felonies

Article 706-73

The procedure applicable to the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of the following crimes and offences is that provided for by this Code, subject to the provisions of this Title: 1° Crime…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contributions to the account

Article L6323-11

The account of an employee who has worked half or more of the legal or collectively agreed working time over the year is topped up for that year up to a maximum amount. The value of this ceiling may n…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Place of taxation

Article 11

When a taxpayer has moved either his residence or the place of his main establishment, the assessments for which he is liable in respect of income tax, both for the year in which the change occurred a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Income from bonds

Article 118

For the purposes of the present provisions, the following shall be deemed to be income: 1° Interest, arrears and any other proceeds from bonds, participating securities, public bills and any other neg…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 110

For the application of 1° of 1 of Article 109 profits are understood to be those that have been retained for the basis of assessment for corporation tax. However, these profits are increased by those…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 113

For the application of articles 109 and 112, the direct incorporation of profits into the capital is treated as an incorporation of reserves.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 111

In particular, the following are considered as distributed income:a. In the absence of proof to the contrary, sums made available to members directly or through interposed persons or companies by way…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Calculating individual income

Article 116

For each tax period, the mass of distributed income determined in accordance with the provisions of articles 109 to 115 ter is considered to be allocated between the beneficiaries, for the assessment…

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