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Showing 22412250 of 3456 articles for Art. CE 31 Jul 2009 n° 305903

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: The National Register of Companies

Article R123-323

…aff of the chambers of trades governed by articles 103 et seq. of the local professional code of 26 July 1900 for Alsace and Moselle and the reference to the title of master craftsman provided for by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 11: Charges for the transmission and distribution of electricity and gas and for oil pipelines (R)

Article R2333-108

…of road permissions or by all the works constituting a direct line within the meaning of the décret n° 2001-366 du 26 avril 2001 susvisé, établie en vertu de permissions de voirie, sont fixées par le…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Notaries' fees

Article A444-175

…nder the conditions set out in Article A. 444-174. If the sum mentioned in the previous paragraph exceeds 10% of the value of the property or right that is the subject of the transfer, the total fees…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Economic and social measures

Article R3231

…sidies to other legal entities and must report on their use in the report mentioned in article L. 3231-3-1. Subsidies are awarded by the deliberative assemblies of these local authorities. Agreements…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of property income

Article 14 B

…that have been waived or relinquished by the lessor to the lessee company between 15 April 2020 and 31 December 2021 under the conditions and within the limits mentioned in 9° of 1 of article 39 do no…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Obligations of employers and debtors

Article 89

In the event of the transfer or cessation in whole or in part of the business or cessation of the practice of the profession, the declaration referred to in article 87 must be filed, with regard to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-7

For all offences, with the exception of those mentioned in article 495-16 and the offences of wilful and involuntary bodily harm and sexual assault provided for in articles 222-9 to 222-31-2 of the Pe…

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

Article 241

…amount of the sums they pay to their members or principals.This declaration may be made in accordance with the procedures set out in the first paragraph of the article 87 A, regardless of the status…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-33

…écitée, les autorités concédantes de la distribution d'électricité visées au I de l'article L. 2224-31 may develop, operate directly or have operated by their electricity distribution concessionaire a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Common rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4113-5

It is forbidden for any person who does not fulfil the conditions required for the practice of the profession to receive, by virtue of an agreement, all or a proportion of the fees or profits arising…

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