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Showing 34813490 of 19635 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re – 23 Mar. 2011 – no. 09-66512

French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable profits

Article 93

…he provisions of article 1717, for the same portion;8° (Repealed)The taxes provided for in articles 231 ter and 231 quater are not deductible from taxable profits.1 bis. Civil servants who are authori…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L754-14

…es applicable In the wording resulting from L. 330-1 with the exception of 1° of I and L. 330 2 Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 330-3 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 330-4 Order no. 2017-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article R1424-1

…s well as volunteer firefighters who, subject to specific rules laid down in application of article 23 of the loi n° 96-370 du 3 mai 1996 relative au développement du volontariat dans les corps de sap…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Representation of professional platform organisations

Article R7343-82

…s representativeness established at the level of the sector in question pursuant to Article L. 7343-23 must be accompanied by 1° A copy of the organisation's articles of association and the receipt fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation.

Article L752-1

…r access by car, integrated into a retail shop open to the public on the date of publication of Law No. 2014-366 of 24 March 2014 for access to housing and renovated town planning, and not entailing t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-1

I. - The preparatory certificate for the duties of statutory auditor provided for in article R. 822-2 is organised each year. Candidates for the preparatory certificate for the duties of statutory aud…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
30°: Tax credit for expenses incurred by certain farmers to replace their employees on leave

Article 200 undecies

…t is capped at forty-two times the hourly rate of the guaranteed minimum referred to in article L. 3231-12 of the French Labour Code. The tax credit is granted in respect of the year in which the expe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Departmental fund

Article 1648 A

I. - From 2013, the departmental business tax equalisation funds existing in 2011 receive a State allocation totalling €423,291,955.From 2017, a reduction is applied to this allocation. For 2017, the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R445-3

…rticle R. 421-11, the references to articles L. 421-9 to L. 421-11, L. 421-15, L. 421-16 and L. 421-23 as well as the European Blue Card talent passport and the mobility programme researcher talent pa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1396

I. - Property tax on undeveloped properties is established on the basis of the cadastral rental value of these properties determined in accordance with the rules defined in

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