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Showing 30813090 of 3114 articles for Art. CA Versailles 25 octobre 1990

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34-1

In this Section and in Section 5 of this Chapter: 1° "Significant branch" means a branch of significant importance within the meaning of Article L. 613-32-1 ; 2° "Transnational group" means a group wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendix

Article Annexe

…I OF TITLE ONE OF BOOK III OF PART SIX OF THE LABOUR CODE (REGULATORY PART) NATIONAL QUALITY CERTIFICATION REFERENCE FRAMEWORK FOR THE BODIES MENTIONED IN ARTICLE L. 6351-1I.- Indicators for assessing…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article L783-2

…of II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicableI…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article L784-2

…oned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 U

…ons specific to industrial and commercial profits, agricultural profits and non-commercial profits, capital gains realised by natural persons or companies or groupings covered by Articles 8 to 8 ter,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The application for a business licence.

Article R752-6

I.-The application shall be accompanied by a file containing the information listed below and, in an appendix, the impact analysis defined in III of Article L. 752-6.1° Information relating to the pro…

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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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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38

…able profit is net profit, determined on the basis of the overall results of operations of any kind carried out by companies, including in particular disposals of any assets, either during or at the e…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
ANNEX TO BOOK IV

Article

…nd production of short cinematographic works IV-1.1. Supporting documents to be attached to an application for an investment allowance for the production and participation in the financing of the deve…

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

Article 150-0 D

…taxes paid by the transferor, and their effective acquisition price by the latter less, where applicable, the tax reductions effectively obtained under the conditions provided for in article 199 terd…

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