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Showing 55315540 of 39157 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 14 May 2013 – no. 12-17637

French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: Seizure by declaration to the administrative authority

Article R223-5

The effects of the declaration may not prejudice the creditor holding a pledge duly registered in accordance with the provisions of decree no. 2023-97 of 14 February 2023 relating to the registration…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tax base

Article 1635 quater I

…n premises and their annexes mentioned in Articles 278 sexies and 296 ter and, in French Guiana and Mayotte, the same premises mentioned in the same articles 278 sexies and 296 ter ;

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue, redemption and conversion of preference shares.

Article R228-22-1

…he class or classes of preference shares concerned; 2° The maximum number of preference shares that may be bought back; 3° The price or the terms for determining it; 4° The maximum amount of distribut…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 quindecies

…ing to units in venture capital mutual funds, specialised professional funds covered by article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code in its version prior to Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter V: The adversarial procedure prior to decision-making

Article 67 A

…e with the procedures set out in paragraph 6 of Article 22 and Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs C…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appointments committees

Article L511-98

…econd paragraph shall be made public in accordance with Article 435(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Regional planning and development

Article 722 bis

…ade in the zones franches urbaines-territoires entrepreneurs defined in B of 3 of article 42 of Law no. 95-115 of 4 February 1995 on regional planning and development, as well as in the rural regenera…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A bis

…ubject of a transfer of real rights under the conditions provided for in articles 7, 8 and 9 of law no. 2008-660 of 4 July 2008 on port reform to an operator running a terminal are subject to a reduct…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-54

…lication file drawn up using the form in Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 920/2013 of 24 September 2013 on the designation and monitoring of bodies notified under Council Directi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Ongoing evaluation of the criteria for granting early access authorisation and transmission of new data

Article R5121-71

…anté and, where applicable, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may at any time ask the holder of the exploitation rights for the medicinal product covered by the e…

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