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Showing 47514760 of 6535 articles for Art. CA Rennes – 17 Dec. 2024 – no. 23/05277

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R775-38

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

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7° : Tax reduction for subscriptions to the capital of press companies

Article 220 undecies

…poration tax may benefit from a tax reduction equal to 25% of the amount of sums paid in respect of cash subscriptions made between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2024 to the capital of companies ment…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-22-1

…10, only the enforcement judge of the Paris judicial court has jurisdiction, the tribunal de l'application des peines de Paris and the chambre de l'application des peines de la cour d'appel de Paris t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Probationary measures

Article R615-4

…judicial courts referred to in Article D. 631-2, within whose jurisdiction the operations are to be carried out. The order shall be made on application and on presentation of either the patent, supple…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-18

Article R. 713-9 reads as follows: "Art. R. 713-9.-Applications are declared in writing to the prefecture. "Declarations of candidacy are admissible from the day set by the order convening the elector…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article A123-80-1

…ents, the following: 1° For a legal entity, the corporate name or denomination followed, where applicable, by the acronym, the activity and the address of the registered office as well as the birth na…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for financial assistance

Article 122-2

In support of their application, persons requesting financial assistance shall submit a file comprising: 1° A form containing the information required to examine the application; 2° The supporting doc…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 212-12

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Production support

Article 422-22

Production companies meet the conditions for eligibility for financial aid, as applicable: 1° To the production of feature-length cinematographic works, provided for by article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Company mutual funds.

Article R214-214

The following are deemed to be liquid within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article L. 3332-17 of the Labour Code: 1° Transferable securities admitted to trading on a French or foreign regulate…

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