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Showing 35113520 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-101-16

…by the article 92 of Law no. 2013-1278 of 29 December 2013 on finance for 2014, the local authority may deduct from this outstanding debt the amount of the claim still to be collected from the support…

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

Article 1609 nonies G

…n the taxable amount of the capital gains determined under the conditions provided for, as the case may be, in articles 150 V to 150 VD or II of article 244 bis A.It is due by the transferor and payab…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 1693 quater B

…d to file its returns by calendar quarter in accordance with the last paragraph of 2 of Article 287 may choose to declare and pay the tax for all the taxpayers in the group, within the meaning of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12: On-street vehicle parking charges

Article R2333-120-17-3

…dentity and address of the person liable for payment, the information listed in article R. 2333-120-17-2 and any other information required for accounting purposes.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-16

…et out in I; 2° They are backed by other assets or linked to the performance of other assets, which may be different from those mentioned in article L. 214-24-55.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 1: Development tax

Article 1635 quater D

…n premises and their annexes mentioned in articles 278 sexies and 296 ter and, in French Guiana and Mayotte, the construction of the same premises, provided they are financed under conditions defined…

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

Article L214-165-1

…year, the sale price of securities issued by companies employing fewer than five hundred employees may be determined, at the company's discretion, using one of the methods described in the previous t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-16-1

By way of derogation from the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 123-12, micro-businesses, with the exception of those whose business consists of managing equity interests and securities,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-16-1

If the assignment of the commercial lease is accompanied by a guarantee clause by the assignor for the benefit of the lessor, the lessor shall inform the assignor of any default in payment by the less…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation without a public offer or with a public offer referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-16-1

The voting rights and dividend rights of shares or share denominations issued in breach of this sub-section are suspended until the situation is rectified. Any vote cast or dividend paid during the su…

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