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Showing 22912300 of 2350 articles for Art. CA Rouen 28 February 1991

French General Tax CodeIn force
2 undecies: Companies located in dynamic urban areas

Article 44 sexdecies

…in II, companies that are created between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2023 and, when they are located in the communes mentioned in the sixth paragraph of the same II, companies that are created be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Powers exercised on behalf of the municipality.

Article L2122-22

…in whole or in part, and for the duration of his term of office:1° To determine and modify the allocation of communal properties used by municipal public services and to carry out all acts of demarca…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Special schemes

Article 1594 F quinquies

…s five-year period, the purchaser or his successors in title are, subject to force majeure, automatically deprived of the benefit of the reduced rate for properties which they cease to operate or whic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation grants

Article L3334-7-1

…to the growth rate of the overall operating grant distributed in 2004. From 2005 onwards, this allocation changes each year according to a rate set by the Local Finance Committee that is at most equa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9-1

…oupings.It may be asked to coordinate cross-border relations with foreign territorial authorities located in the region's vicinity.II. - The following are members of the territorial conference on publ…

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

Article L774-42

I.-Pursuant to Article 7(8) of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004, subject to the adaptation provisions set out in II, III and IV, the following shall apply ipso jure in French Polynesia: 1°…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 B ter

I. - Taxation of the capital gain realised, directly or through an intermediary, in connection with a contribution of transferable securities, corporate rights, securities or rights relating thereto a…

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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 Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.

Article L450-4

…d in article L. 450-1 may visit any premises and seize documents and any data media and, where applicable, the means of decrypting them, which may be held, accessible or available only in the context…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe B

…on the document(s) presented to the accountant (presentation in code form is excluded): 1. Identification of the agent Specify: - surname; - first name; - grade or post; - index of remuneration or mo…

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