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Showing 44014410 of 61284 articles for Art. 151 septies A · CE 16 October 2019 n° 417364 · CE 28 June 2013 · BOI-BIC-PVMV-40-20-20-20

French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1804 A

If the offender commits, within five years of a settlement or conviction that became final after the entry into force of the loi n° 77-1453 du 29 décembre 1977 modifiée accordant des garanties de proc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Movable property

Article 764 A

In the event of the death: a. - of the manager of a limited liability company or an unlisted partnership limited by shares, b. - of one of the partners in name of a partnership, c. - of one of the per…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-165-1

I.-1° Company mutual funds which are not subject to the provisions of Book III of Part III of the Labour Code and more than one third of whose assets are made up of securities issued by a foreign comp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-3

The professional practice standard relating to the audit of accounts carried out by several statutory auditors, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: . NEP-100. The audit of accounts ca…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Special accounting provisions

Article A342-2

The provisions of the second sentence of Article A. 132-16 do not apply to the auxiliary accounts referred to in Article L. 143-4 and those referred to in Article L. 381-2.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Common provisions

Article 1724 A

Receivables of any kind that are the responsibility of the public accountants designated by decree and that are not paid on the due date shall only be assessed when their cumulative amount exceeds €16…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Guardianship arrangements

Article A712-11

Any application for authorisation to grant a guarantee to a third party shall be accompanied by a presentation of the transaction, in accordance with the procedures specified in a standard of interven…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 1-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 123-63 AND A. 134-2)

Article Annexe 1-2

Model certificate of delivery of information given to one's spouse with joint property on the consequences of debts contracted in the exercise of one's profession on joint property. I, the undersigned…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 3-4 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 321-11 AND A. 321-13)

Article Annexe 3-4

Legal tests and economic and accounting subjectsCivil law: General concepts on:-property: classification of property, movables, methods of acquiring ownership, possession, usufruct;-obligations: sourc…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary subsection: Prohibition on using the services of a person who has been the subject of an anti-doping sanction

Article R232-41-16

Federations shall inform the French Anti-Doping Agency, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by any means that guarantees the origin and receipt of this transmission of information,…

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