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Showing 19611970 of 11768 articles for Art. CE 15-10-1982 n° 26585

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R*322-158

Tontine companies must have start-up capital of at least €160,000.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Supervision, inspection and discipline.

Article L811-15-1

…dministrator finds that the banned, struck off or suspended judicial administrator is in a state of cessation of payments, he must, after informing the judge who appointed him and the Conseil national…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-51-15

…s provided for in Articles L. 422-1 and L. 422-7, in a section specific to multi-professional practice companies.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 A bis

…r which the assets transferred are included in the tax base of this operator; this reduction is reduced to 75%, 50% and 25% respectively for each of the following three years.Companies intending to be…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 A quater

…beration taken under the conditions provided for in I of Article 1639 A bis, institute a 50% allowance applied to the rental value of buildings that are subject to initial taxation from 1 January 2016…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 F quinquies

…soumis à la taxe de publicité foncière ou au droit d'enregistrement au taux de 0,70 %:A. With the exception of those referred to in I of A of 'article 1594-0 G, transfers for valuable consideration of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 F ter

…a minimum period of three years from the date of the deed of acquisition. The amount of this allowance, which may not be less than €7,600 or more than €46,000, is set, within these limits, by fraction…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1599 quater D

A special annual additional tax is introduced for the benefit of the Ile-de-France region.The proceeds of this tax are decided, before 31 December each year, for the following year, up to a ceiling of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 J bis

…ted-term leases of buildings, made for a term of more than twelve years, relating to tourist residences subject to the classification provided for in Article L. 321-1 of the Tourism Code. The delibera…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 I bis

…thin four years of the date of the deed of acquisition, to the operation of a hotel, tourist residence or holiday village classified for a minimum period of eight years. The deliberation takes effect…

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