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Showing 54815490 of 37804 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 2e – 31 May 2018 – no. 17-17518

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Identification and verification of customer identity

Article R561-5-3

…yer account by applying the measures provided for in application ofArticle 17 of Act 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 on the opening up to competition and regulation of the online gambling sector; 2° The perso…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-5-1

…establishments and establishments authorised in application of articles L. 4211-9-1 and L. 4211-9-2 may obtain tissues, their derivatives or cells from the human body from a Member State of the Europe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 A

…rcise of the profession, acquired or manufactured as from 1st January 1960 by industrial companies, may be calculated according to a degressive depreciation system, taking into account the depreciatio…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2141-1

…a final conviction for one of the offences referred to in articles 222-34 to 222-40,225-4-1,225-4-7,313-1,313-3,314-1,324-1,324-5,324-6,421-1 to 421-2-4,421-5,432-10,432-11,432-12 to 432-16,433-1,433-…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2341-1

…the subject of a final conviction for one of the offences referred to in articles 222-34 to 222-40,313-1,313-3,314-1,324-1,324-5,324-6,421-1 to 421-2-4,421-5,432-10,432-11,432-12 to 432-16,433-1,433-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 235 ter ZAA

…their taxable income, at the rates mentioned in Article 219, for financial years ending on or after 31 December 2011 and until 30 December 2016.This contribution is equal to 10.7% of the corporation t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Capital gains realised by individuals

Article 248 F

…50-0 A are not applicable in the context of the transactions provided for in 1° of Article 5 of Law no. 86-793 of 2 July 1986 and Title IV of the loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 relative à la libe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 964

…in respect of each year during which the taxpayer retains his or her tax domicile in France, until 31 December of the fifth year following that during which the tax domicile was established in France…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retail distribution.

Article L5424-3

…several pharmacies. However, these provisions do not apply to the cases provided for by the law of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to companies established in France

Article R123-14

…rt in the form of personalised information, subject to the provisions of articles 54 to 66-3 of law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 on the reform of certain legal professions, as well as tools to help…

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