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Showing 46414650 of 4656 articles for Art. 41 · CE 29 July 1983 n° 24158

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-15

The professional practice standard relating to the consideration of the possibility of fraud when auditing accounts, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: . NEP-240. Consideration of th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14° : Tax reduction granted for cash subscriptions to the capital of companies and for subscriptions to shares in innovation investment funds (fonds communs de placement dans l'innovation)

Article 199 terdecies-0 AB

I.-1. Taxpayers resident in France for tax purposes may benefit from a reduction in their income tax equal to 18% of payments made in respect of cash subscriptions to the initial capital or capital in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The Chairman.

Article L5211-9-2

I. - A. - Without prejudice to article L. 2212-2, of the present code and by derogation from article L. 1311-2 and the second paragraph of article L. 1331-1 of the public health code when a public int…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to minimum capital requirements and eligible commitments

Article L613-44

…a minimum requirement for own funds and eligible commitments. This requirement is expressed as a percentage of 1° Of the total amount of risk exposure of the resolution entity concerned, calculated, f…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 quindecies

…for the excise duty on energy mentioned in article L. 312-1 of the code of taxes on goods and services and levied on products in the gas oil, petrol and jet fuel tax categories are liable for an ince…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe I

…NG THE INDICATORS DEFINED IN ARTICLE D. 1142-2 FOR COMPANIES WITH MORE THAN 250 EMPLOYEES 1. Reference period The employer may choose a period of twelve consecutive months as the reference period for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement

Article A823-28

The professional practice standard relating to the limited review of interim accounts in application of legal or regulatory provisions, approved by the Minister of Justice, is set out below: . NEP-241…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 B ter

…ons also apply when the contribution is made with a balancing payment provided that this does not exceed 10% of the nominal value of the securities received. However, the capital gain is, up to the am…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes I

Article Annexe I-5 art R131-1 et R131-11

…ion organises and promotes;1.1.2. The date of its creation;1.1.3. The address of its registered office, and the procedure to be followed for transferring the registered office.They also specify:1.1.4.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38

…r disposals of any assets, either during or at the end of the business.2. Net profit is the difference between the value of net assets at the beginning and end of the period whose results are to be us…

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