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Showing 29512960 of 4213 articles for Art. CE 31 Mar 2017 n° 401059

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

Article 244 quater V

I. - The credit institutions and finance companies referred to in article L. 511-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code passible for corporation tax, income tax or an equivalent tax, having their regist…

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

Article L2224-38

…blic heating or cooling network. This activity constitutes an industrial and commercial public service, managed according to the procedures defined in section 1 of this chapter. This responsibility ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R713-66

I.-At the time of each general renewal, the regional chamber of commerce and industry and the territorial chamber of commerce and industry carry out an economic weighting study, each insofar as it is…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AA quater

The declining balance depreciation rates defined in 1 of Article 39 A are increased by 30% for equipment for the production, sawing and valorisation of forestry products, acquired or manufactured betw…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L1237-5-1

As from 22 December 2006, no collective agreement or arrangement providing for the possibility of compulsory retirement of an employee at an age lower than that set out in 1° of article L. 351-8 of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative schemes

Article L1333-11

Access to certain categories of sources mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1333-1, the transport of such sources or access to information relating to the means and measures implemented to protect against m…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-20

The State may obtain ex officio, at any time, for the needs of national defence, a licence to exploit a plant variety which is the subject of an application for a certificate or a breeder's certificat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Transitional provisions relating to the solvency margin.

Article R334-30

…oned in 1 to 17 of article R. 321-1, and whose total annual written premiums or contributions as at 31 July 1978, including incidentals and after deduction of cancellations, do not reach six times the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: General shops

Article L522-36

A person who has lost a receipt or warrant may request and obtain by order of the judge, by proving his ownership and giving security, a duplicate in the case of the receipt, payment of the secured de…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Liquidation of the debtor's assets

Article R742-37

At the adjudication hearing, it shall proceed in accordance with the R. 322-58 of the same code are applicable to the payment of taxed costs and transfer duties. In addition to the information require…

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