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

Article 220 Z sexies

The tax reduction defined in Article 244 quater Y is deducted from the corporation tax due in respect of the financial year during which the event giving rise to the tax reduction occurred. Any excess…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis HK

Capital gains realised on the disposal of shares in a company defined in article 238 bis HE as well as those withdrawn from the redemption by the said company of its own shares are subject to the rule…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-31

Article L. 632-2 of the French Commercial Code does not apply to contracts entered into by a housing finance company or to legal acts performed by or for the benefit of a housing finance company where…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R*322-148

For a single tontine company, there must be a single association in the event of death. However, a second "counter-insurance" association, which must be separate from the first, may be set up for the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-78

For the companies mentioned in 3° of I of article L. 214-31, the condition of exclusive ownership is met when securities giving access to the capital of companies whose purpose is not to hold financia…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various companies.

Article R743-53

Each associated commercial court clerk carries out his duties on behalf of the company. He shall devote all his professional activity to the company and shall inform the other associated clerks of tha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R4113-19

A member may, on condition that he informs the company by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, cease the professional activity that he carries out within the company. He must comply with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private practice.

Article R4127-94

In associations of doctors and group practices, any payment, acceptance or sharing of sums of money between practitioners is prohibited, except if the associated doctors all practise general medicine,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-253

…required by law, the information relating to the permanent representative referred to in 2°; 5° For sociétés civiles professionnelles d'experts fonciers et agricoles, sociétés civiles professionnelles…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-5

When a business or a company in the trades and crafts sector registered in the national register of companies is transferred or created in the collective shop, it is not contributed to the grouping or…

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