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Showing 28412850 of 2859 articles for Art. 23 févr. 1994

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement

Article A823-28

…records of the meetings held by the deliberative body and by the bodies referred to in article L. 823-16 of the French Commercial Code in order to identify any deliberations or decisions that may hav…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 2

…Decision of the appointing authority setting the number of points awarded to the staff member. 210223. Bonuses and allowances (10) 1. Decision of the deliberative assembly setting the nature, conditi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Organisation and supplementary content of the economic, social and environmental database

Article R2312-9

In the absence of an agreement provided for in article L. 2312-21, in undertakings with at least three hundred employees, the economic, social and environmental database provided for in article L. 231…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12° : Tax reduction for certain overseas investments

Article 199 undecies A

…the date of promulgation of the aforementioned loi n° 2003-660 du 21 juillet 2003 and 31 December 2023 for the investments mentioned in e of the same 2.2. The tax reduction applies:a) Within the limit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-11

…e that he is not independent or that the practice structure to which he belongs is not independent. 23. Thus, the statutory auditor does not accept an engagement or a service when the facts and circum…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
ANNEX TO BOOK IV

Article

…mentary Film Festival (IDFA); 22° Poland:-Krakow International Short Film and Documentary Festival; 23° Portugal:Espinho International Animation Film Festival (Cinanima); -Lisbon IndieLisboa Festival;…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38

…of a merger or demerger without exchange of securities within the meaning of 3° of II of article L. 236-3 of the Commercial Code are also deducted from the net profit determined under the conditions p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLVIII: Tax credit for new productive investments in overseas France

Article 244 quater W

…e same code or with a lessor company belonging to the same tax group within the meaning of Article 223 A of this code as the operating company for a period of at least five years or for the normal per…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-12

…another profession. Analysis of the facts and circumstances and identification of a risk situation 23. The statutory auditor analyses all of the elements mentioned in paragraphs 16 to 22 in order to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-15

…04/72/ EC ;2° Fixed by Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central securities depo…

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