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Showing 19811990 of 2529 articles for Art. 31 oct. 1989

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6261-13

…er and mandate slip.The authorising officer produces the statement of outstanding commitments as at 31 December of the financial year ended. The outstanding balances from the operating section are car…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6361-13

…er and mandate slip.The authorising officer produces the statement of outstanding commitments as at 31 December of the financial year ended. The outstanding balances from the operating section are car…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 nonies

I. - At the request of the company, the added value of establishments exempt from business property tax pursuant to the decision of a municipality or a public establishment for inter-municipal coopera…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
23°: Tax credit for energy transition

Article 200 quater

…t applies:a. (Repealed)b. To the expenditure referred to in this b, paid between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2020, in respect of:1° (Repealed)2° the acquisition and installation of thermal insulati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
15° bis : Tax reduction for loans taken out to take over a business

Article 199 terdecies-0 B

…conditions are met:a) The purchaser undertakes to retain the shares in the company taken over until 31 December of the fifth year following the year of acquisition;b) The shares acquired as part of th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 A

…een years and whose construction is completed after the date of publication of the loi n° 62-873 du 31 juillet 1962;3° Communications satellites;4° Buildings exclusively intended to host exhibitions a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable profits

Article 93 B

…st paragraph. If the company repurchases the securities, the shareholders present in the company on 31 December of the tax year are taxed on the basis of the profit made by the company during the tax…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: The Livret de développement durable et solidaire (sustainable and socially responsible development passbook)

Article L221-27

…rein in the form of a donation either to a legal entity covered by Article 1 of Law no. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and socially responsible economy, or to a financing organisation or credi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Meetings of staff representatives.

Article L1233-30

…ittee on :1° The planned operation and its terms and conditions, in accordance with article L. 2323-31 ; 2° The proposed mass redundancies: the number of job losses, the professional categories concer…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Liability insurance.

Article R124-2

…articles L. 231-1 du code de la construction et de l'habitation and 1646-1,17…

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