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Showing 58215830 of 6535 articles for Art. CA Rennes – 17 Dec. 2024 – no. 23/05277

French General Tax CodeIn force
2k: Companies located in priority development zones

Article 44 septdecies

…ones defined in II, companies that are created between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023 and that carry out an industrial, commercial or craft activity within the meaning of Article 34 are exempt fr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-11 (art. A212-167)

EXEMPTIONSHolders of the third year certificate (P2 b), provided for in article 1 of the decree of 30 April 1968, are exempt from the tests for the common part of the examination for the first level S…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory sureties covered by the surety guarantee mechanism.

Article D313-26

…mmitments granted by a credit institution or finance company authorised in France under: 1° Article 1799-1 of the Civil Code, Article 1 of Law no. 71-584 of 16 July 1971, as amended, designed to regul…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-164

I. - The regulations governing the fund set up to manage sums invested in application of Title III of Book III of Part III of the Labour Code relating to employee savings plans provide for the establi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R364-4

For the application of this book in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° With the exception of the first paragraph of article R. 313-3 and articles D. 312-3 and R. 343-31, the words "in France" are replac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-8

…implement a pharmacovigilance system, to manage the pharmacovigilance system permanent file and to carry out periodic audits;2° Any person exploiting a medicinal product or product mentioned in artic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Transmission of requests, notifications or service by electronic means of telecommunication

Article D591

…rs may transmit the following requests, statements and observations by a secure means of telecommunication to the electronic address of the court or the relevant department thereof, a written record o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Duration.

Article L145-4

…t an existing building to main residential use by reconstruction, renovation or refurbishment or to carry out work prescribed or authorised as part of a property restoration operation and in the event…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables

Article L313-29-1

…contract referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 6148-5 of the Public Health Code, such as cancellation, rescission or termination of the contract, may be set up against the assignee, with th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 Q

…nd Financial Code. The authorisation referred to in the first paragraph of IV of Article 220 octies cannot be granted when all the legal, tax and social obligations are not met by the company wishing…

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