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Showing 89118920 of 26704 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 8 Oct. 2013 – no. 12-24.064

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 terdecies

…)5. Distributions by venture capital companies operating under the conditions of article 1-1 of law no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 are subject, when the shareholder is a company, to the long-term capital…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1382 H

…IV.-When the conditions required to benefit from one of the exemptions provided for in articles 1383 A, 1383 C ter, 1383 D, 1383 F, 1383 H, 1383 İ, 1383 J or 1388 quinquies and that provided for in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°-0 bis: Priority urban policy districts

Article 1383 C ter

…9 A bis, properties located in the priority urban policy neighbourhoods defined in article 5 of Law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 programming for the city and urban cohesion are exempt from propert…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1382 I

…IV.-When the conditions required to benefit from one of the exemptions provided for in articles 1383 A, 1383 C ter, 1383 D, 1383 F, 1383 H, 1383 İ, 1383 J or 1388 quinquies and that provided for in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Electricity or natural gas supply contracts

Article R242-10

…supply and distribution of electricity or natural gas in breach of the provisions of Article L. 224-8; 2° Refusing the consumer the benefit of one or more of the technical services offered by the netw…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Resale rights

Article R122-10

…nt of the resale right notifies one of the collective management bodies mentioned in article R. 122-8 of the completion of the sale, indicating the date of the sale, the name of the author of the work…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Community Designs

Article L515-1

Any infringement of the rights defined in Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs constitutes an infringement giving rise to civil liability on the par…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Allocation

Article R2113-2

…for this choice in the documents relating to the procedure which he keeps pursuant to articles R. 2184-12 and R. 2184-13.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Qualified employees

Article R421-24

An application for the issue of a residence permit bearing the wording "long-term resident-EU" provided for in articles L. 421-12 or L. 421-25 is equivalent to an application for renewal of the reside…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R3123-11

To qualify for the reimbursement provided for in article L. 3123-12, the elected representative must provide proof to the department that he or she has suffered a reduction in income as a result of ex…

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