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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Company mutual funds.

Article R214-214

The following are deemed to be liquid within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article L. 3332-17 of the Labour Code: 1° Transferable securities admitted to trading on a French or foreign regulate…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Production approval

Article 211-53

When, for the production of an audiovisual work, a production company has received financial support for the production and preparation of audiovisual works, it may apply for production approval for t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 decies

For corporation tax purposes, companies may apply exceptional depreciation equal to 50% of the amount of the sums actually paid to subscribe to the capital of the companies mentioned in article 238 bi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 216 ter

Corporate entities which subscribe before 1 July 1964 to the initial capital of the sociétés immobilières conventionnées referred to in Order no. 58-876 of 24 September 1958 or to their capital increa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees - Representation on outside bodies

Article L4132-21

After the election of its standing committee, under the conditions set out in article L. 4133-5, the Regional Council may form its committees and appoint its members or delegates to sit on outside bod…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article L5211-21

I. - The tourist tax referred to in Articles L. 2333-29 to L. 2333-39 or the flat-rate tourist tax referred to in articles L. 2333-40 to L. 2333-47 may be instituted by decision of the deliberative bo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Investigation assistants

Article 21-3

Investigation assistants are recruited from among members of the technical and administrative support corps of the national gendarmerie, category B administrative staff of the national police and the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 212-32

To be eligible for screenplay rewriting grants, production companies must, depending on the case :1° Submit the first screenplay by an author who has artistic experience in the film or audiovisual fie…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 849-21

Substitution in the rights of the defaulting claimant shall be made by way of incidental application. Where the court grants a request for substitution of a defaulting claimant, it shall rule, upon re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-21

In the cases provided for in article D. 1271-19, the Minister responsible for personal services will consult the Banque de France and the Agence centrale des organismes de sécurité sociale. Before sus…

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