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Showing 221230 of 47383 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 June 2012 n° 11-13.176 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 December 1996 · Cass. com. 18 February 1997 · Cass. com. 19 March 2013 n° 11-26.566 · Cass. 3e civ. 28 February 2012 n° 11-10.705

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Exercise of parental authority over the person of the child

Article 1180

Claims made pursuant to

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Income from bonds

Article 119

…y the interest or income distributed during the year; 2° For lots, by the amount of the lot itself; 3° For redemption premiums, by the difference between the sum redeemed and the issue rate of the loa…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capacity

Article 1152

…m the day on which he became aware of them when he was in a position to perform them validly again; 3° With regard to the heirs of the person under guardianship or curatorship or the person subject to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Operations of strategic interest to the French economy abroad

Article R442-11-3

…conditions:1° The company is involved directly or under the conditions set out in article R.442-8-13 in the transaction for which it is requesting a guarantee as a supplier, investor, operator, servi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 111

…deposits.Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, when these sums are repaid after 1 January 1960, to the legal entity that had paid them, the fraction of tax to which their allocation had give…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-11-3

The depositary may be held liable to the unit-holders or shareholders of the UCITS directly, or indirectly through the management company or the SICAV, to the extent of the loss suffered and subject t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Non-voting preference shares.

Article L228-35-11

…rence shares are not taken into account when determining the percentage provided for in Article L. 233-1 or article L. 233-2.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Operating rules.

Article R214-32-11

…in accordance with the same procedures as those set out respectively in articles R. 225-67 and R. 236-2 of the Commercial Code for companies whose financial securities are not admitted to trading on…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Place of taxation

Article 11

When a taxpayer has moved either his residence or the place of his main establishment, the assessments for which he is liable in respect of income tax, both for the year in which the change occurred a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Income from bonds

Article 118

For the purposes of the present provisions, the following shall be deemed to be income: 1° Interest, arrears and any other proceeds from bonds, participating securities, public bills and any other neg…

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