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Showing 18411850 of 2529 articles for Art. 31 oct. 1989

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-114

…paragraph of Article R. 225-115 and, where applicable, in the second paragraph of Article R. 22-10-31.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-90

The 60% and 51% quotas mentioned in 1° of article L. 214-37 are met on 30 June and 31 December of each financial year, at the end of the three-year period mentioned in article L. 214-42. In the event…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Functional protection

Article R722-39

…to the agreement concluded between the lawyer and the judge under Article 10 of Law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions, the State may enter into an agree…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R5141-47-1

…Commission pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004, in more than one Member State of the European Union, the applicant must follow one of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 duodecies A

1. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS CONCLUDED UP TO 31 DECEMBER 1995. The capital gain realised on the transfer of a leasing contract entered into under the conditions provided for in 1 and 2 of Art…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies F

…e deduction applies to the assets mentioned in 1° to 3° acquired when new from 1 January 2020 until 31 December 2022. II.The deduction referred to in I applies to non-road mobile machinery recorded as…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
30°: Tax credit for expenses incurred by certain farmers to replace their employees on leave

Article 200 undecies

…tax credit in respect of the expenses incurred to replace them for leave between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2024 through the direct employment of employees or through the use of persons made avail…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-37

…organising authorities of a public electricity distribution network referred to in article L. 2224-31, the mobility organising authorities mentioned in Title III of Book II of Part One of the Transpo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 ter

…of the five years following that of the completion of the work, which must take place no later than 31 December 2021.The nature of the work giving entitlement to the allowance and its compliance with…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-2

…e as organising authorities for the public distribution of electricity mentioned in article L. 2224-31, a communal share of the domestic tax on the final consumption of electricity mentioned in articl…

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