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Showing 18311840 of 20000 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 17 April 1985

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 B

…e la location de leurs immeubles.II. - When, under the conditions set out in I of Article 11 of the 1985 Finance Act no. 84-1208 of 29 December 1984, they hold shares in non-trading companies (société…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Transferred services.

Article R4422-32

…rsican local authority under the conditions provided for in Title I of law n° 85-1098 of 11 October 1985 relating to the assumption of responsibility by the State, the departments and the regions for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-1

…d to the statutory auditor within the meaning of Article 3(26) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of 16 April 2014, because of breaches of the provisions of Article L. 822-11-3 and to the provisions of th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-1-1

…022-928 of 23 June 2022. 2° The provisions of Book II in their wording, resulting from decree no. 2017-338 of 15 March 2017;Articles R. 211-2 and R. 211-3 are applicable in their wording resulting fro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Capital financing of long-term electricity supply companies

Article 238 bis HX

…from the scheme provided for venture capital companies by article 1-1 of law no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 containing various provisions of an economic and financial nature, nor the scheme provided for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Equity financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 238 bis HI

…scheme provided for venture capital companies by l'article 1er-1 de la loi n° 85-695 du 11 juillet 1985, portant diverses dispositions d'ordre économique et financier, ni du régime prévu en faveur de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L5524-2

…o L. 5461-4, L. 5461-5, L. 5461-6-1, L. 5461-6-2 and L. 5461-9, the references to Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 are replaced by references to t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations relating to the freezing of assets

Article R775-40

…the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 562-1n° 2021-387 of 2 April 2021R. 562-2No. 2018-264 of 9 April 2018R. 562-3n° 2021-387 of 2 April 2021R. 562-4 and R. 562…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures to boost film production

Article 916-3

…rticles 211-41, 211-62, 211-67 and 411-11, for applications submitted between 1 October 2020 and 30 April 2021 and also between 1 May 2021 and 31 October 2021 for sums invested for production, when th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-12

…the same head of loss and within the limits provided for in article 31 of law no. 85-677 of 5 July 1985. They must take action within two years of the claim for payment of benefits.

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