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Showing 151160 of 8110 articles for Art. CA Montpellier 21-12-2011

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D775-21

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election of employee representatives

Article D112-21-1

Electronic Internet voting may be used for the election of staff representatives to the Board of Directors, by decision of the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, in accord…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-21

…ch he certifies the accounts, referred to as the opening balance sheet, does not contain any significant anomalies likely to have an impact on the accounts for the financial year. 02. The purpose of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 undecies

…acquisition commissions, with the exception of transport, installation and commissioning costs that can be depreciated, of productive investments, less the fraction of their cost price financed by pub…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12: On-street vehicle parking charges

Article R2333-120-19

…onmentally-friendly transport and traffic financed by the proceeds of parking charge fees are identical to those listed in article R. 2334-12 as well as those falling within the scope of the provision…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12: On-street vehicle parking charges

Article R2333-120-18

…ation with their own tax authority exercising full responsibility for the organisation of mobility, car parks and parking areas and, for all roads, the road network, the revenue from parking fees is t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 octies

…For corporation tax purposes, companies may amortise, over a period of five years:1° Sums paid for cash subscriptions to the capital of innovative small or medium-sized enterprises;2° Sums paid for c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recording by bankers of cheque payment incidents due to insufficient funds.

Article R131-12

…r it is an individual account or a collective account, and information enabling the precise identification of the drawee ; 2° The name or corporate name of the account holder, his address and : a) if…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-21

…may be entered, after inventory, when its completion is certain and it is possible, by means of forecast accounting documents, to assess with sufficient certainty the overall profit of the transaction…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Intermediaries and price allocation.

Article L143-21

…e competent court of the place of election of domicile, which shall order either the deposit at the Caisse des dépôts et consignations or the appointment of a receiver-distributor.

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