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Showing 10711080 of 3783 articles for Art. 1729 · CE 28 July 2011 n° 313279

French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trust as security

Article 2372-1

…be assigned as security for an obligation under a trust agreement entered into pursuant to Articles 2011 to 2030.The secured obligation may be present or future; in the latter case, it must be determi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions relating to accountants

Article L1874-3

The article L. 1617-5, in its wording prior to Law no. 2017-1775 of 28 December 2017 on the rectifying finances for 2017,is applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the following adap…

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

Article 212

…s under similar conditions; b) (Repealed). II. - (Repealed). III. - (Repealed). III bis. - The balance of the fraction of interest that is not immediately deductible, referred to in the sixth paragrap…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 G

…articles 2 and 3 of the arrêté du 10 octobre 2008 pris pour l'application des articles 10 du décret n° 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955 et 9 du décret n° 79-1037 du 3 décembre 1979. These provisions are not ap…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The constitution.

Article R822-77

As an exception to articles 22, 24 and 26 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 relatif à l'application de la loi n° 78-9 du 4 janvier 1978 modifiant le titre IX du livre III du code civil, la société…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-3

I.-The representatives referred to in articles L. 713-1 and L. 713-2 must hold office in the company either as chairman and chief executive officer, chairman or member of the board of directors, chief…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Public and civil proceedings

Article D1-1

The terms of application of II to IV of Article 28 of Organic Law No. 2011-333 of 29 March 2011 on the Human Rights Defender are specified by this article. I.-The proposal for a settlement made by the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
9: Sanctions against third parties

Article 1740 A bis

…e tax authorities have imposed an 80% surcharge on the taxpayer on the basis of c of 1 of Article 1728, b or c of article 1729 or article 1729-0 A, any natural or legal person who, in the exercise of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Group action

Article L652-2

…AY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 623-1 to L. 623-9 and L. 623-11 to L. 623-32 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 623-10 Resulting from the loi n° 2016-1547 du 18 novembre 2016

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.

Article L922-1

To articles L. 225-177, L. 225-179 and L. 233-11, the words: "the date of publication of the loi n° 2001-420 du 15 mai 2001" are replaced by the words: "the date of publication of the l'ordonnance n°…

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