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Showing 52315240 of 44263 articles for Art. CE 23-2-2000 n° 162659

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 242 septies

…hat meet the following conditions may be entered on this register:1° Prove the professional competence of the directors and partners;2° Be up to date with their tax and social security obligations;3°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article R210-21

…the bodies accredited for this purpose by the French Accreditation Committee defined by the décret n° 2008-1401 du 19 décembre 2008 relatif à l'accréditation et à l'évaluation de conformité pris en a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 212 bis

…mined under the conditions of II.The amount referred to in 1° of this I is per financial year, if necessary reduced to twelve months.II. - The income referred to in 2° of I is determined by adjusting…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-2 (suite 2)

…egments of the upper limbs essentially has the effect of projecting the gripping system into the space surrounding the body. The disability rates proposed for the loss of mobility of these segments ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article L228-29-8

No new securities may be issued pursuant to the articles of this section with the exception of those issued pursuant to decisions of general meetings prior to the entry into force of the ordonnance n°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article L561-31-2

…ormation and financial analyses available to it pursuant to II and III of this Article. It shall process such requests as quickly as possible. Requests from Europol, and the responses provided by the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-21

…names together in the order chosen by them, subject to a limit of one surname for each. In the absence of a joint declaration to the civil registrar mentioning the child's choice of surname, the child…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 220 F

…which the expenses defined in III of this article were incurred. If the amount of the tax credit exceeds the tax due in respect of the said financial year, the excess is refunded.The excess tax credi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Preparation, preservation and use of tissues, cells and their derivatives.

Article L1243-2

…d transfer, for autologous or allogeneic therapeutic purposes, of tissues and their derivatives and cell therapy preparations may be carried out by establishments and organisations authorised for this…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 220 X

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