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Showing 44414450 of 4867 articles for Art. CJEU – Bellone – 30 Apr. 1998 – C-215/97

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1417

…is assessed does not exceed the sum of 27,947 €, for the first family quota share, increased by 6,530 € for the first half share and 5,140 € from the second additional half share, used to calculate t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory.

Article L631-2-1

Without prejudice to the respective powers of the institutions that its members represent, the Haut Conseil de stabilité financière supervises the financial system as a whole, with the aim of preservi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2i: Companies located in rural regeneration areas

Article 44 quindecies

…is assessed, for each financial year, in accordance with the procedures set out in I of article L. 130-1 of the Social Security Code;When a company already benefiting from the exemption mentioned in I…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Special provisions for road traffic accidents occurring in mainland France, the overseas departments and the territorial collectivity of Mayotte.

Article A421-1

…Tocqueville, Paris, represented by Henri Chatel, its Chairman. IT WAS NOTED THAT : a) Laws no. 72-1130 of 21 December 1972 and no. 74-909 of 30 October 1974 amended the legislation governing the Guara…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Annexes Part A Book VIII

Article Annexe I

…Attendments or assignments received before the entry into force of décret n° 98-1232 du 29 décembre 1998 may also be the subject of one or more specific sub-directories. There must be continuity in th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-9

…ions set by the merger agreement, subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Article L. 228-30.Unless the shareholders of the companies participating in the merger decide otherwise under the c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 796

…ation;11° Persons awarded the mention "Died in the service of the Republic" provided for in Article 30 of Law no. 2021-1520 of 25 November 2021 aimed at consolidating our civil security model and enha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Annexes Part A Book VIII

Article Annexe 8-7

PROGRAMME DU CERTIFICAT D'APTITUDE AUX FONCTIONS DE CommISIRE AUX Comptes In application of the provisions of article A. 822-6, the programme of tests for the certificat d'aptitude aux fonctions de co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-164

…composition of solidarity funds.VI - A fonds commun de placement d'entreprise may hold a maximum of 30% of securities issued by a fonds commun de placement mentioned in article L. 214-28 or L. 214-30…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-5

…L. 2121-27-1 law no. 2015-991 of 7 August 2015 L. 2121-29 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996L. 2121-30law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 2121-30-1 the loi n° 2016-1547 du 18 novembre 2016 L. 2121…

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