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Showing 341350 of 21091 articles for Art. CA Paris 20-5-2009 n° 08-2432

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 208 quinquies

…meet the following conditions:1° Its registered office, activities and means of operation must be located in one of the zones created in application of article 1 of order no. 86-1113 of 15 October 198…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 D

…d, which, from the time of their creation, have as their sole corporate purpose the subscription in cash to the initial capital or to capital increases of companies having their registered office in a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
33°: Tax credit for interest on loans for the purchase or construction of a principal residence

Article 200 quaterdecies

…nance the acquisition of the land and the building expenses.The dwelling must, on the day it is allocated for use as the main residence of the beneficiary of the tax credit, meet the minimum surface a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-20

…one or more of the obligations provided for in the same article 706-25-16 must be confirmed by the Paris Sentence Enforcement Court within three months of the end of detention, failing which the meas…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Credit consolidation

Article R314-20

…nditions of its repayment:a) The nature of the credit, the amount of the instalments, the amount of capital outstanding and the period stipulated in the agreement for repayment of this amount on the d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory powers.

Article L5215-20

…struction or development, maintenance, management and running of cultural, socio-cultural, socio-educational and sporting facilities, networks of facilities or establishments, when they are of communi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxation of net gains realised on disposals of securities and corporate rights

Article 200 A

…oses within the meaning of Article 4 B in respect of the income, net gains, profits, distributions, capital gains and receivables listed in 1° and 2° of A of this 1 is established by applying the flat…

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

Article 209 B

…ere they are made by a legal entity, they are deemed to constitute taxable income from transferable capital of the legal entity established in France in proportion to the shares, units or financial ri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article L2113-20

I. - The new communes mentioned in article L. 2113-1 benefit from the flat-rate allocation provided for in articles L. 2334-7 to L. 2334-12.II. - In the first year of the creation of the new commune,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General information

Article 205 B

…e of the beneficiary, where this asymmetry effect is attributable to differences in the tax classification of the instrument or of the payment itself; b) A payment in favour of the beneficiary is taxa…

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