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Showing 25812590 of 40442 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 24 April 1970 · Cass. 1re civ. 11 December 2001 · Cass. com. 24 January 2006 · Cass. com. 31 May 1988

French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 ter

1. The withholding tax provided for in 2 of article 119 bis is not applicable to dividends distributed to a legal entity that meets the conditions listed in 2 of this article by a company or organisat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 bis

1. Income from transferable capital falling within the provisions of articles 118,119,238 septies B and 1678 bis give rise to the application of a withholding tax, the rate of which is set by 1 of Art…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office

Article L7125-11

…one of the following situations: 1° Being registered with the institution mentioned in Article L. 5312-1 of the Labour Code in accordance with the provisions of l'article L. 5411-1 du même code; 2° A…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office or the performance of duties

Article L7227-11

…one of the following situations: 1° Being registered with the institution mentioned in Article L. 5312-1 of the Labour Code in accordance with the provisions of l'article L. 5411-1 du même code; 2° A…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article D71-113-1

For the application of the provisions of article L. 7124-6, the appropriations required for the operation of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council of French Guyana and, w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Specific provisions for victims of violence and offences committed within a couple or within the family

Article D1-11-1

…for in b of articles 222-8,222-10 and 222-12 of the same code is characterised, so that proceedings may be brought on the basis of these provisions, without prejudice to the possibility, for the inves…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Points scale for documentary works

Article 211-11

…c work is produced by at least one production company that meets the conditions set out in article 211-3; 2° "Authors" sub-group: a) A maximum of 23 points are allocated to the "Authors" sub-group, di…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bodies

Article R4021-11

…e Minister for Defence and the Ministers for Higher Education, Research, Health and Social Security may attend meetings of the High Council for the Continuing Professional Development of the Health Pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter XI: Sharing capital gains on the sale of shares with company employees

Article L23-11-2

The sharing undertaking defined in article L. 23-11-1 is set out in an agreement between any holder of securities and the company concerned, which undertakes to transfer the amount resulting from the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-11

The chairman of the High Council may decide, after obtaining the assent of the accounting officer:1° In the event of hardship for the debtors, to grant an ex gratia remission of the High Council's deb…

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