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Showing 81518160 of 9794 articles for Art. CJEU – C-64/21 – 13 Oct. 2022

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: General provisions

Article L4221-5

…thorise, on behalf of the region, the renewal of membership of associations of which it is a member;13° To proceed, after receiving the opinion of the regional programming committee, with the allocati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R444-2

…red in the name of a professional or a legal entity within which one or more professionals practise;13° "Profit": the difference between income and expenses for the tax year, corresponding respectivel…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14° : Tax reduction granted for cash subscriptions to the capital of companies and for subscriptions to shares in innovation investment funds (fonds communs de placement dans l'innovation)

Article 199 terdecies-0 AB

I.-1. Taxpayers resident in France for tax purposes may benefit from a reduction in their income tax equal to 18% of payments made in respect of cash subscriptions to the initial capital or capital in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determining taxable income

Article 83

…224-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code into a retirement savings plan mentioned in article L. 224-13 or article L. 224-23 of the same code.The payments mentioned in the previous paragraphs are deduc…

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In force

Article Annexe 4-9

…ate deeds issued within the scope of the prerogatives assigned to them by Article 56 of Law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions; ii. Assignments of assista…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Remuneration.

Article D6152-612-1

…establishment, within the framework of the territorial hospital groupings mentioned in article L. 6132-1, when the shared medical project mentioned in I of article R. 6132-3 is adopted; The territori…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-40

…y is in one of the following situations: 1° It has breached a provision of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, with the exception of the requirem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 41

I. - Capital gains subject to the regime of articles 39 duodecies à 39 quindecies and realised by an individual on the occasion of the free transfer of a sole proprietorship may benefit from the follo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 tricies

…the application for approval is registered by the Agence nationale de l'habitat is between 1 March 2022 and 31 December 2024; 2° The property is rented out unoccupied as the main residence for the en…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3a: Departmental Mobilisation Fund for Integration

Article L3334-16-2

…ments participating, pursuant to article 43 of law no. 2021-1900 of 30 December 2021 on finance for 2022, in the experiment relating to the recentralisation of the solidarity income mentioned in artic…

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