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Showing 11111120 of 62763 articles for Art. Arrêté DEVL1507007A of 23-3-2015

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 235 ter ZC

I. - Those liable for corporation tax are subject to a social contribution equal to a fraction of this tax calculated on their taxable income at the rates mentioned in I and IV of article 219 and redu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 quater K

I. - As an exception to the provisions of Article 238 quater I,when the trust contract is terminated, the profits or losses as well as the capital gains or losses resulting from the transfer of the as…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 septies E

…nstitutes a redemption premium:1. For the negotiable loans referred to in article 118 and 6° and 7° of Article 120, the negotiable debt securities referred to in article 124 B and all other negotiable…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-23-1

The lessor may, at the end of a three-year period, in the forms provided for by article L. 145-9 and at least six months in advance, repossess residential premises rented as an accessory to business p…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-1

…d the Sanction Committee may, if they do not consider themselves sufficiently informed in the light of the documents in the file, propose to the athlete likely to be sanctioned that he undergo an expe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Investor information

Article L214-23-1

…ir subscribers and may be advertised, in particular by audiovisual means, or canvassed.The articles of association or rules of the UCITS, as well as the documents intended for the information of their…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-23-1

The insurance company has a period of fifteen days, after receiving notice of the death and becoming aware of the beneficiary's details, or at the end of the term of the contract, to ask the beneficia…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-23

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, in the event of the appointment as a member of the Management Board of a person linked by an employment contract to the company…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 bis U

The remuneration paid by the industrial technical centres mentioned in article L. 521-1 of the research code is exempt from payroll tax.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 235 ter ZAA

I. - Corporate income tax payers with sales in excess of €250 million are subject to an exceptional contribution equal to a fraction of this tax calculated on their taxable income, at the rates mentio…

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