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Showing 90119020 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Special provisions for certain new companies

Article 44 sexies A

…the first profitable financial year or tax period, this period of total exemption for profits made may not exceed twelve months.Profits made in respect of the financial year or tax year following thi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter

Article L230-4

…rating evidence on the basis of which prosecution could be initiated. The French Anti-Doping Agency may, at the request of an athlete or other person who wishes to provide substantial assistance, ente…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article D3312-12

…staff numbers and staff costs for the financial year to which the draft budget relates. This report may detail the department's forward-looking human resources management approach. This report may be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article D4312-10

…staff numbers and staff costs for the financial year to which the draft budget relates. This report may detail the region's forward-looking human resources management approach. This report may be base…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Investigation of the request for expert appraisal

Article R7343-100

…representative or one or more professional organisations of platforms recognised as representative may have recourse pursuant to Article L. 7343-56, is to inform them on the subjects mentioned in tha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31

…whichever is later. In the event of a transfer free of charge, the heir(s), legatee(s) or donee(s), may request that the scheme provided for in the first and second paragraphs be reinstated in their f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-10-2

…and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC, investigators may obtain disclosure of data stored and processed by telecommunications operators, under the condit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-19

…the balance sheet date and the date of approval of the financial statements, the statutory auditor may identify events that require accounting treatment or disclosure to the body called upon to appro…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Points scale for animated works

Article 211-12

For cinematographic works in the animation genre, points are divided into six groups as follows: I.-Production company and authors" group A maximum of 35 points are allocated to the "Production compan…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Points scale for works of fiction

Article 211-10

For cinematographic works in the fiction genre, points are divided into five groups as follows: I.-Language of Filming" group 1° A maximum of 20 points is allocated to the "Language of Filming" group;…

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