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Showing 45014510 of 4656 articles for Art. 41 · CE 29 July 1983 n° 24158

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Cooperation and exchanges of information with the authorities of States that are not members of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L632-7

I. Notwithstanding the provisions of Act 68-678 of 26 July 1968 on the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or legal pers…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2b: Companies located in urban tax-free zones - entrepreneurial areas

Article 44 octies A

I. - Taxpayers who, between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2023, create activities in the zones franches urbaines-territoires entrepreneurs defined in the B du 3 de l'article 42 de la loi n° 95-115 of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3a: Departmental Mobilisation Fund for Integration

Article L3334-16-2

…are no longer eligible for the fund mentioned in the first paragraph. The amount of the fund is reduced by the total amount of credits allocated under this fund in 2018 to the territorial collectivity…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 septvicies

I. - 1. Taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of l'article 4 B who acquire, between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2012, a new home or a home in a future state of completion benefit from an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261

…he commodity chain;5° (Repealed).2. (Agriculture and fisheries):1° (Repealed);2° (Repealed);3° services provided as part of mutual aid between farmers defined by articles L. 325-1 to L. 325-3 of the r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-27-1

…and permanent employees in the company and its direct or indirect subsidiaries whose registered office is located in France, or at least five thousand permanent employees in the company and its direct…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2k: Companies located in priority development zones

Article 44 septdecies

…riority development zones defined in II, companies that are created between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023 and that carry out an industrial, commercial or craft activity within the meaning of Art…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 quinquies B

…te of their subscription are exempt from income tax on the sums or securities to which the units concerned entitle them. The provisions of the first paragraph do not apply to holders of units in ventu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Payment of tax

Article 223 O

…on tax for which it is liable in respect of each financial year:a. Tax credits attached to income received by a group company and which did not give entitlement to the application of the parent compan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to companies established in France

Article R123-4

…sons; > b) The legal form of the company. b) The legal form of the company; > c) The registered office of the company. c) The registered office of the company, the domicile of the declarant or the add…

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