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Showing 19811990 of 51993 articles for Art. CE 24-4-2019 n° 419912 confirming CAA Nancy 22-2-2018 n° 17NC00780

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 sexies A

I.-Companies engaged in the business of publishing television services, radio services or on-demand audiovisual media services within the meaning of the fourth to sixth paragraphs of Article 2 of Law…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Exercise of the right of recourse

Article R212-7-22

…he Prefect or the Film Ombudsman, the appeal is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Chairman of the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique. Under penalty of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article R228-22-1

…or by delegation one of the persons mentioned in article L. 225-129-4, shall draw up a buyback notice which shall be made available to shareholders, at least fifteen days before the transaction is ca…

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

Article 244 bis A

…ned in the first paragraph, which operate an industrial, commercial or agricultural business in France or carry on a non-commercial profession in France for which the real estate is used. The building…

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

Article 244 quater O

…of plans or models or prototypes or tests or manual development specific to the work;b) A work produced in one copy or in a small series that does not appear identically in the company's previous achi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-24-1

By way of derogation from Article L. 623-4, for the species listed in Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights and for other species that may be listed by d…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-22

…DERATION OR THE FRENCH MOTORCYCLING FEDERATION.(art. A331-22 and A331-23) DefinitionThis includes races involving tractors, combine harvesters or other motorised land vehicles, regardless of the numbe…

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

Article 244 quater X

…sing bodies mentioned in Article L. 411-2 du code de la construction et de l'habitation, with the exception of sociétés anonymes coopératives d'intérêt collectif pour l'accession à la propriété, socié…

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

Article 244 bis C

…eration of transferable securities or corporate rights made by persons who are not domiciled in France for tax purposes within the meaning of Article 4 B, or whose registered office is located outside…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1221-22-1

…elected representative, as well as, for each of them: 1° The location, date, duration in hours, price and title of the training course; > The number of participants 2° The number of participants; 3°…

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