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Showing 30213030 of 44700 articles for Art. Cass. com. 30 June 1998 · Cass. com. 15 June 2010 · Cass. com. 15 May 1973 · Cass. com. 16 January 1996 · CA Versailles 7 June 2007

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation of the company

Article R814-162

…3-31 et seq, subject to the provisions below. A copy of the declaration mentioned in article R. 814-160 is sent by the partners' representative to the clerk of the court where the application for regi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
10: Business property tax

Article 1679 quinquies

…t year. The deposit is not due if this amount is less than €3,000. The advance payment is due on 31 May. This advance payment is rounded to the nearest euro; the fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is co…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Technical sports advisors to sports federations

Article R131-16

The tasks of sports technical advisors that may be carried out by sports federations in application of article L. 131-12 are those of national technical director, national coach, national technical ad…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Exemption from producing the reception certificate referred to in article L. 313-2

Article R313-16

…forms part of a cultural exchange, it must be planned as part of the activities of an organisation carrying out humanitarian or cultural activities. The foreign national must indicate the name of thi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Consultation on the economic and financial situation of the company

Article R2312-16

…nomic and financial situation of the undertaking, the information provided for under headings 1° B, 7° A and 7° F, 8°, 9° and 10° of the table in article R. 2312-8.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIb: Cotisation foncière des entreprises: minimum levy

Article 1647 D

…1. Those liable for the business property tax are subject to a minimum tax established at the location of their main establishment; this tax is established from a base, the amount of which is set…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Departmental fund

Article 1648 A

…From 2013, the departmental business tax equalisation funds existing in 2011 receive a State allocation totalling €423,291,955.From 2017, a reduction is applied to this allocation. For 2017, the am…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AE

I.-1° The intermediary referred to in Article 1649 AD is any person who designs, markets or organises a cross-border device that must be declared, makes it available for the purposes of its implementa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Setting the number of students

Article R4381-7

When the Minister responsible for health plans to fix for one or more academic years the number of students to be admitted to the first year of studies in the training institutes or schools for the pr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
OA: Non-alcoholic drinks

Article 1613 quater

…the products mentioned in I, whether free of charge or for consideration, in France, outside the local authorities governed by Article 74 of the Constitution, New Caledonia, the French Southern and A…

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