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Showing 59215930 of 22073 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 31 Mar. 2015 – no. 14-10.346

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 Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-3

…liquidator in accordance with the procedures set out in articles L. 622-24 to L. 622-27 and L. 622-31 to L. 622-33. If the determination of the tax base and calculation of the tax is in progress, the…

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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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Administrative and technical committee of the fire and rescue services (R)

Article R1424-18

…administrative and technical committee of the fire and rescue services mentioned in article L. 1424-31 comprises, in addition to the two referents mentioned in 3° of this article:1° The departmental d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for Community credit institutions

Article R613-24

…institution with one or more branches in another Member State within the meaning of Article L. 613-31-1, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall immediately inform the competent au…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R621-2

…es of the quorum under the conditions laid down in Articles 1 and 4 of the aforementioned Decree of 31 January 2014. When, in application of Article L. 621-4, a member has not taken part in the delibe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mutual recognition procedure.

Article R5141-47-3

…State, the other States concerned, the applicant and the coordination group referred to in Article 31 of Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. In addition, if the Direct…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-102

…articles L. 225-187 and L. 225-196 of this Code, as they read prior to the entry into force of Law No. 2001-152 of 19 February 2001 on employee savings schemes, of Article L. 225-197-1 of this code,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Regional health project

Article L1434-4

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall determine by decree, after consultation with the representatives of the health professionals concerned :1° Areas where the supply of healthcare…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation of certain transactions in financial instruments

Article L621-8

I.-The Autorité des marchés financiers shall perform the duties arising from Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 and shall ensure that the provisions thereof are applied. II-Any new fact or any…

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