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Showing 37013710 of 8111 articles for Art. CE 27-12-2022 n° 464505

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R743-108

…tal pursuant to the article 21 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966, shall be completed in accordance with the rules laid down by the article 52 of Decree n° 78-704 of 3 July 1978 relating to the app…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Groups of economic operators

Article R2342-15

The provisions of article R. 2142-27 apply.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-3

…using the leasing facility is considered to be a user within the meaning of Article 5 b of Ordonnance n° 67-837 of 28 September 1967.

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

Article 220 P

The tax credit defined in article 244 quater O is deducted from the corporation tax payable by the company under the conditions set out in article 199 ter N.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R261-1

…on laid down in article L. 132-27 of the French Intellectual Property Code and who is not a co-producer of the work or works concerned to: 1° Acquire, directly or indirectly, one or more cinematograph…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Medicinal products initially prescribed in hospitals

Article R5121-88

…of a health establishment, or, subject, in these cases, to his marketing authorisation, his early access authorisation under 1° of II of article L. 5121-12-12-1 or the compassionate access authorisati…

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

Article 238 duodecies

…e applicable to contributions and exchanges made after the promulgation of the Land Orientation Law n° 67-1253 of 30 December 1967.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 831-1

…y crisis, the sums entered in the automatic cinema exhibition accounts may be invested and the advances provided for in article 232-16 may be allocated in order to help offset the additional costs res…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Sharing

Article 746

…are justified, are subject to registration duty or land registration tax of 2.50%. This rate is reduced to 1.80% from 1 January 2021 and to 1.10% from 1 January 2022 for the division of property inter…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Special provisions applicable to privatisation operations

Article 248 E

…ities, mentioned in Articles 5 and 6 of Law no. 86-912 of 6 August 1986 or the profit participation certificates referred to in amended Article 1 of the same law, appear on the balance sheet of a comp…

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