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Showing 20812090 of 35842 articles for Art. 473 · Cass. 1re civ. avis 6 December 2018 · Cass. 1re civ. 19 March 2014 · CA Paris 20 November 2014

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

Article 199 undecies E

…councils of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin and the governments of New Caledonia and French Polynesia shall be informed, by persons who make investments on the territory o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Special provisions applicable in the event of transfer, termination or death

Article 202 ter A

The capital gains or losses mentioned in the first paragraph of II of l'article 202 ter, included in the assets of non-trading companies with a strictly real estate object, the units of which are held…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11° quater : Tax reduction for investments in social hotel residences

Article 199 decies I

…for taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B who acquire, between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2010, a dwelling forming part of a social purpose hotel residence defined in

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities.

Article R123-208-2

…ades and crafts even though they would be registered in the Trade and Companies Register.Any person carrying on a commercial or craft activity who is not subject to registration in a legal publicity r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-19-1

As an exception to articles R. 53-18 and R. 53-19, the data recorded in the national automated genetic fingerprint database, with the exception of that mentioned in III of article R. 53-10, may be con…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-20-2

…the company the amount of the cost of sending this letter, or by electronic mail to the address indicated by the shareholder.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Assignment of the debtor's assets.

Article L642-20-1

…ed is not withdrawn in accordance with the conditions set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 641-3, the liquidator must, within six months of the judgment of compulsory liquidation, apply to th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-19

…rned by foreign law that meet the criteria laid down in the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers; 6° Shares or units in the following FIAs or undertakings for collective investme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opening and content of the pharmaceutical record

Article R1111-20-1

I.-Prior to the opening of the pharmaceutical file provided for in Article L. 1111-23, the Conseil national de l'ordre des pharmaciens shall individually inform the beneficiary of the health insurance…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities.

Article R123-208-1

I. - The following professions remain subject to the regulations applicable to them: 1° Commercial agents mentioned in articles L. 134-1 et seq; 2° Persons carrying out the activity of press salesman…

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