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Showing 26012610 of 3456 articles for Art. CE 31 Jul 2009 n° 305903

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article D711-43

…d for in Article R. 711-42 : 1° At the initiative of the president of the regional chamber of commerce and industry; 2° At the request of the minister responsible for overseeing the chambers of commer…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Personalised support vouchers (R)

Article R1611-6

Personalised support vouchers must be used by beneficiaries before 31 December of the year in which they are valid. Service providers present personalised support vouchers to the issuers for payment n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to French Polynesia

Article R733-15

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 152-10n° 2010-1011 of 30 August 2010R. 152-11No. 2019-1590 of 31 December 2019II. - For the application of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to New Caledonia

Article R732-15

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 152-10n° 2010-1011 of 30 August 2010R. 152-11No. 2019-1590 of 31 December 2019II. - For the application of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R734-14

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 152-10n° 2010-1011 of 30 August 2010R. 152-11No. 2019-1590 of 31 December 2019II. - For the application of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R940-1

…Code are applicable in French Polynesia: 1° Articles R. 123-220 to R. 123-34-1, insofar as they concern State institutions and departments and legal entities governed by administrative public law who…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Coordinator training and training body.

Article R4532-37

…ndidates in terms of their professional skills or their diploma, to comply with the training reference framework provided for in 2° and to ensure that knowledge and skills acquired are tested ; 2° The…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2k: Companies located in priority development zones

Article 44 septdecies

…the priority development zones defined in II, companies that are created between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023 and that carry out an industrial, commercial or craft activity within the meaning o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-12

…nager of a société civile (non-trading company), unless the purpose of these companies is the practice of the profession of industrial property attorney or a profession provided for in Title IV bis of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies FB

…r the storage of livestock effluent constructed, acquired or manufactured from 1 January 2016 until 31 December 2017 may be subject to exceptional depreciation equal to 40% of their cost price spread…

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