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Showing 39213930 of 3970 articles for Art. CE 29 January 1982 n° 18058

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax system

Article L5211-6-1

I. - The number and distribution of community councillor seats are established:1° Either in accordance with the procedures set out in II to VI of this article;2° Or, in communities of communes and agg…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-5

…public establishment of inter-communal cooperation with its own tax status of which the communes concerned were members.All the assets, rights and obligations of the abolished public establishment(s)…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Overall result

Article 223 B

…f each of the companies in the group, determined under the conditions of ordinary law or in accordance with the procedures set out in article 214. Participation income received by a group company from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34-1

…ion 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 with entities…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendix

Article Annexe

…APTER VI 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 as…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 duodecies

…holding these securities provides proof that the operations of the company established outside France in which the shareholding is held correspond to genuine operations which have neither the purpose…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article L312-20

…he end of the period of unavailability referred to in the last paragraph of the same 1°. The most recent of the three dates mentioned in the first sentence of this 1° is taken into account. For home s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 73

…0% of taxable profits, if less than €28,612; > b) To the sum of €28,612 plus 30% of the profit in excess of this limit, where it is greater than or equal to €28,612 and less than €52,985; c) To the su…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 octies

…consist of securities, units or shares in innovative small or medium-sized enterprises, up to a percentage at least equal to that mentioned in the first paragraph of I of Article L. 214-30 of the Mon…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256

I. - The supply of goods and services for consideration by a taxable person acting as such is subject to value added tax.II. - 1° The transfer of the power to dispose of tangible property in the same…

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