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Showing 23712380 of 36097 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 3e – 30 May 2007 – no. 06-13268

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-180

I.-Options may be granted, under the same conditions as in Articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-179 above: 1° Either for the benefit of members of the salaried personnel of companies or economic interest gro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12° : Tax reduction for certain overseas investments

Article 199 undecies D

…199 undecies A, 199 undecies B and 199 undecies C and the carryovers of these tax reductions, which may be offset for a taxpayer in respect of the same tax year, may not exceed an amount of €40,000 co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-3

…loss as a result of intentional or unintentional acts which have the material nature of an offence may obtain full compensation for the damage resulting from personal injury, where the following cond…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-3

…rticles L. 622-21 and L. 622-22, by the first sentence of article L. 622-28 and by l'article L. 622-30. The official receiver may authorise the liquidator or the administrator where one has been appoi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1639 A

…before 15 April each year, of decisions relating either to the rates or to the revenue, as the case may be, of direct taxes levied for their benefit.However, when the communication to local authoritie…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Tax revenue and fees

Article L3662-2

…for in the budget for the current year is known.During the course of the year, one or more twelfths may be paid in advance if the funds available to the Lyon metropolitan authority are temporarily ins…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article R621-39

…sections. He appoints the rapporteur. The rapporteur will take all necessary steps. The rapporteur may call on the services of the Autorité des marchés financiers. The accused person and the member o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-7

In accordance with the provisions of article

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Dispensing to the public

Article R5126-60

…of being out of supply, authorised to be dispensed to the public in accordance with article L. 5121-30; 4° The other medicinal products mentioned in the second paragraph of 1° of article L. 5126-6.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Relations with the statutory auditors

Article L612-44

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may ask the statutory auditors of persons subject to its supervision for any information on the business and financial situation of the entity…

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