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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Special provisions for certain new companies

Article 44 sexies

I. Companies subject by right or by option to an actual system of taxation of their results and which carry on an industrial, commercial or craft activity within the meaning of article 34 are exempt f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2k: Companies located in priority development zones

Article 44 septdecies

I.-In the priority development zones defined in II, companies that are created between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023 and that carry out an industrial, commercial or craft activity within the mea…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2i: Companies located in rural regeneration areas

Article 44 quindecies

I. - In the rural regeneration areas mentioned in article 1465 A, businesses that are created or taken over between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2023, subject by right or by option to an actual taxa…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R531-4

When the application is incomplete, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons informs the applicant, who has eight days to complete it.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax

Article R2333-49

The rate of the tourist tax is displayed at the accommodation providers, hoteliers, owners or other intermediaries responsible for collecting the tourist tax and held by the commune at the disposal of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Application of the provisions concerning the right to an interpreter

Article D594-4

Assistance by a foreign language or sign language interpreter may, where appropriate, be provided by means of telecommunication, in accordance with the provisions of the penultimate paragraph of Artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-16-1

By way of derogation from the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 123-12, micro-businesses, with the exception of those whose business consists of managing equity interests and securities,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article L214-166-1

Financing bodies within the meaning of this sub-section include securitisation bodies and specialised financing bodies.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Takeover bids and public exchange offers

Article L433-1-1

The General Regulation of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers also sets the conditions under which, if more than three months have elapsed since the filing of a draft public offer for the securities o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers

Article L573-1-1

It is an offence for any manager of an investment services provider other than a portfolio management company or of one of the legal persons or subsidiaries referred to in Article L. 612-26 or for any…

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