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Showing 35213530 of 20574 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 17 July 2001 – no. 97-20018

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 quinquies C

…Distributions by venture capital companies that meet the conditions set forth in Article 1-1 of Act no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 on various economic and financial provisions, deducted from net capital g…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Special declaration system

Article 102 ter

…A.2. The taxpayers referred to in 1 shall enter directly on the declaration provided for in Article 170 the amount of annual revenue and capital gains or losses realised or suffered during that same y…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-1-1

…I of Article L. 133-19, the payer shall bear, before the information provided for in Article L. 133-17, the losses relating to the use of the lost or stolen instrument up to a maximum of €50 in the ev…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Applicable charges

Article L133-26

…133-8.IV. - When the Payment Service User provides the information provided for in Article L. 133-17, the Payment Service Provider may only invoice any replacement costs directly attributable to tha…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-5

…conversion, the applicant must provide proof of payment of the fees provided for in Article R. 614-17 and, where applicable, the French translation of the original text of the European patent applica…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Establishment of electoral rolls.

Article R713-1

…provisions set out in this chapter. II.-The administrative authority referred to in article L. 713-17 is, for the election of the members of the territorial chambers of commerce and industry, the pre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-10 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 762-2 TO A. 762-4 AND A. 762-9)

Article Annexe X

…ata identified as optional, responses are mandatory to enable your request to be processed. The Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms grants you the ri…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Insurance against technological disasters

Article L128-1

…ned by the Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy signed in Paris on 29 July 1960. A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the conditions of application of this articl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Payroll tax

Article 231 bis Q

…mentioned in 1 of I of article 155 B paid to persons whose employment in France began on or after 6 July 2016 are exempt from payroll tax for the amount resulting from the application of the same 1. F…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval

Article L532-9-3

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 26-6 of Law No 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the Statute for a Cooperative Society, the Autorité des marchés financiers is competent to oppose, in acco…

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