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Showing 13711380 of 51113 articles for Art. Cass. com. 3 October 2006 · Cass. com. 23 October 2012 n° 11-24.033 · Cass. com. 15 September 2015 n° 14-17.964 · CA Versailles 6 June 1997

French General Tax CodeIn force
XIII: Tax regime for non-trading companies whose purpose is the construction of buildings with a view to sale

Article 239 ter

I. - The provisions of 2 of article 206 are not applicable to non-trading companies created after the entry into force of law no. 64-1278 of 23 December 1964 and whose purpose is the construction of b…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Arbitration proceedings

Article 1473

Unless otherwise agreed, the arbitral proceedings shall also be suspended in the event of the death, impediment, abstention, resignation, challenge or removal of an arbitrator until the arbitrator app…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: The order for payment.

Article 1415

The opposition shall be brought, as the case may be, before the court whose judge or president issued the order for payment.It shall be lodged at the court registry, by the debtor or any agent, either…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Board of Directors.

Article R411-15

…ramme and report of activities; 2° The estimates of revenue and expenditure and amending decisions; 3° The agency's social action activity report; 4° The financial account, and the report noting the e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation of forestry groups and their members

Article 238 ter

Forestry groupings formed under the conditions set out in articles L. 331-1 to L. 331-15 of the Forestry Code are not subject to corporation tax; but each of their members is personally liable, for th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-23

…programme drawn up by the person responsible for the bathing water, as provided for in article L. 1332-3, includes, as a minimum, daily visual monitoring during the bathing season. It may also includ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34-6

The provisions relating to public offers mentioned in Article L. 433-3 do not apply to measures taken by the collège de résolution under this section.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-18

The application of the reduction coefficient is based on the conditions of reception and comfort in the cinema or cinemas, the diversity of art house films programmed, the number of weeks and screenin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Annual tax

Article 1478

I. - The business property tax is due for the entire year by the taxpayer who carries out the activity on 1 January.However, a taxpayer who ceases all activity in an establishment is not liable for th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Content of the innovation partnership

Article R2172-23

The innovation partnership comprises one or more successive phases that follow the progress of the research and development process and one or more phases of acquisition of the products, services or w…

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