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Showing 42714280 of 4475 articles for Art. CA Paris – 22 Sept. 1999

French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article D950-1-1

…ioned in the left-hand column below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table. Applicable provisions As amended by Title II Chapt…

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

Article 1518 bis

…al buildings not covered by article 1500 and 1.011 for all other built properties; s. In respect of 1999, to 1.01 for non-built properties, for industrial buildings not covered by article 1500 and for…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-44

…nalists' trade unions. The State representative is appointed from among the members of the Court of Cassation, the Council of State or the Court of Auditors, by order of the Minister responsible for c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and central counterparties

Article L613-32

…se competent authorities of the measures it has taken following the findings and information communicated to it. Where the competent authorities of the host Member State themselves take measures on th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L773-5

…visions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesI…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-13

…310-3-2, the minimum required solvency margin is determined, depending on the classes of business carried on, in accordance with the following provisions: a) For classes 20 and 21 referred to in Art…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Micro-enterprise scheme

Article 50-0

…ary in proportion to the operating time during the reference year, does not exceed, in the previous calendar year or in the penultimate year: are subject to the system defined in this article 1° €188,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 quinquies : Capital gains realised on contributions to companies or restructuring of professional non-trading companies

Article 151 octies

I. Capital gains subject to the articles 39 duodecies to 39 quindecies and realised by an individual on the occasion of the contribution to a company subject to a real taxation system of a sole propri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: Equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article L221-32-2

…s paid into the equity savings plan for the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies are used for one or more of the following purposes:a) Shares, excluding those mentione…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 214

1. The following are allowed as deductions: 1° In the case of sociétés coopératives de consommation, bonuses arising from transactions with members and distributed to the latter in proportion to the o…

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