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Showing 48414850 of 5011 articles for Art. BOI-IR-RICI-290-20 n° 180 s.

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: General obligations of traders

Article A123-6

The declarations relating to the company and its establishments, referred to in 1° of I of article R. 123-1 and which must be filed by the declarant with the single body in order to be forwarded to th…

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

Article 150-0 A

…wal of securities or cash or redemption before the expiry of the fifth year under the same conditions. When this withdrawal or redemption does not result in the closure of the plan, the net taxable ga…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-1

…cognition and enforcement of decisions and cooperation in matters relating to maintenance obligations.3° Applications for the issue of the certificate referred to in Article 38 of the Hague Convention…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title: XIV: Measures to protect victims of violence

Article 515-11

…court will immediately notify the public prosecutor;3° Rule on the separate residence of the spouses. Unless there is a specially reasoned order based on particular circumstances, the spouse who is n…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article R344-1

…er assets include receivables from policyholders and reinsurers as well as deferred acquisition costs. This percentage is at least equal to the result obtained by dividing the sum of the following amo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article L643-11

…U) No 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings.IV.-In addition, in the event of fraud against one or more creditors, the court shall authorise th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 B

…d in accordance with this article are increased under the conditions provided for in Article 1518 bis. As from 1st January 1992, the rental value of tangible fixed assets acquired as a result of trans…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-26

…where applicable, to the tax system of this establishment and its rights to receive State allocations. This decree or, as the case may be, this order results in the consecutive implementation of artic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-27

I. - Data concerning an accused person of full age shall be kept for twenty years.By way of derogation, it shall be kept:- five years when the person is accused of one of the offences provided for in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars

Article A743-9

I.-The services listed under numbers 1 to 38 of the table mentioned in article A. 743-8 give rise to the collection of the following fees: SERVICE NUMBER (table 2 of article appendix 4-7) SUB-CATEGORY…

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