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Showing 98919900 of 56651 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-10-1997 n° 1361

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conditional tax benefits attached to donations

Article 1378 octies

I. - When the Minister responsible for the budget receives from the Court of Audit the declaration referred to in the third paragraph of article L. 143-2 of the French Financial Jurisdictions Code, it…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies.

Article R532-11

On receipt of an application for authorisation, the AMF will check that it complies with the standard file provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 532-10 and, if it does, will examine it. T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of paid work placements by the State or the region.

Article L6341-1

The State, the regions, the employers and the skills operators contribute to the financing of the remuneration of vocational training trainees. The institution mentioned in article L. 5312-1 also cont…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1753

The following are not eligible to take part in the work of the committees set up by articles 1650 to 1651 M, 1653 A, 1653 C and 1653 F, persons who, in connection with tax fraud or opposition to tax i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-15-2

The delegated federations, where applicable in coordination with the professional leagues that they have created, and within the framework of the guidelines set by the Minister responsible for sport,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Mergers involving joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-12

Where, since the filing of the draft terms of merger with the clerk of the commercial court and until the completion of the transaction, the acquiring company permanently holds at least 90% of the sha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation, transformation and abolition of public health establishments.

Article R6141-12

Public health establishments may be closed when the authorisation provided for inarticle L. 6122-1 is withdrawn or not renewed. The closure is decided by order of the Director General of the Regional…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-115

Any shareholder has the right, under the conditions and within the time limits determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, to obtain communication of:1° The annual financial statements and the list of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-15

I. - The Board shall examine the investigation or inspection report drawn up by the departments of the Autorité des marchés financiers or the request made by the Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-13

The financial account referred to in Article A. 132-11 includes, on the revenue side, the portion of net investment income calculated in accordance with the rules referred to in Article A. 132-14 and,…

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