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Showing 28512860 of 29730 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 10-7-1996 n° 1265

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability.

Article R526-10-1

Persons who have made a declaration of assignment pursuant to Article L. 526-7 and benefiting from the schemes provided for in articles 50-0, 64 bis and 102 ter du code général des impôts tiennent:1°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars

Article A743-10-1

Services relating to the register of beneficial owners give rise to the collection of a fixed fee in accordance with the table below: Service number (table 2 of article appendix 4-7) Sub-category Desc…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R822-77

As an exception to articles 22, 24 and 26 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 relatif à l'application de la loi n° 78-9 du 4 janvier 1978 modifiant le titre IX du livre III du code civil, la société…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Simplified system

Article 74

The taxable profit of farmers placed under the simplified tax regime based on actual profit is determined in accordance with the provisions of articles 72 to 73 E subject to the following simplificati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-10-1

The grouping referred to in Article L. 6113-10 is subject to the provisions of Chapter II of Law No. 2011-525 of 17 May 2011 on simplifying and improving the quality of law, subject to the following p…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure

Article 779

The President may decide that the lawyers will appear before him again, on a hearing date that he fixes, to confer on the case one last time if he considers that a final exchange of submissions or a f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-56

In a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the options mentioned in article L. 225-177 may not be granted: 1° During the ten trading sessions preceding the date on which…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-6

The funds from cash subscriptions and the list containing the surname, usual first name and domicile of the subscribers, with an indication of the sums paid by each of them, shall be deposited, on beh…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique (National Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article R212-6-10

The Chairman of the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique represents the Commission. He signs the Commission's decisions. He signs the briefs submitted in the context of legal appeals l…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-52

As an exception to the second paragraph of article L. 225-136, for companies whose equity securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and insofar as the equity securities to be issued imm…

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