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Showing 90919100 of 9215 articles for Art. 8 janv. 1997

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General information

Article 205 B

…epends or a permanent establishment within the meaning of international double taxation agreements; 8° Inclusion: the taking into account of a payment in the taxable income of the beneficiary pursuant…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 158

…xempt from corporation tax;b. To income from shares in companies mentioned in 1° bis A of Article 208 and investment companies of the same nature established outside France and subject to an equivalen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-2

…1 of this Code, may carry out the identity checks provided for in the seventh paragraph of Article 78-2, for the purposes of investigating and prosecuting the following offences:1° Acts of terrorism m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies

Article L214-190-1

I. - The assets referred to in II of article L. 214-168 are financial instruments, receivables or any other asset within the meaning of article L. 214-154, or risk or cash sub-participations. Direct o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-13-1

…ier for their digital health space is the national health identifier referred to in article L. 1111-8-1 when they have such an identifier. For recipients of State medical aid as referred to inarticle…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 quater

…hat are used as park-and-ride facilities within the premises mentioned in 4° of III of this article;8° The spaces adjoining a commercial premises mentioned in 2° of the same III arranged for the exerc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article R321-14

…ue resulting from the investment of this revenue as well as information on the use of this revenue; 8° Financial information on the cost of rights management and other services provided to rightholder…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-7

…e is communicated net of the exit charges mentioned in the fourth paragraph of 5° of article A. 132-8 . For members who have not reached the age mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 161-17-2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-46

…ystem: 1° For electronic communications subject to judicial interception mentioned in articles 74-2,80-4,100 to 100-8 and 706-95 and 1° of article 709-1-3 : a) The identity (surname, married name, cus…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article D621-29

…des marchés financiers;4° The rate referred to in d of 4° of II of Article L. 621-5-3 is set at 0.008 5 per thousand.This rate applies to the net assets of the following portfolios:a) Directly managed…

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