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Showing 621630 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 Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-15

The public prosecutor shall inform the member of the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique designated pursuant to IV of Article 4 of Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 198…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 H

The departmental council may, by deliberation, exempt from land registration tax or registration fees, acquisitions by HLM organisations or semi-public companies of residential properties built or acq…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Banking intermediaries

Article L571-15

…out in the first paragraph of Article L. 519-2 is liable to two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article R621-15

…archés financiers are prepared in accordance with the rules of the general chart of accounts. These may be adapted as proposed by the Chairman after consultation with the Board and approved by the Bud…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-15

The Regional Council appoints an auditor to oversee the training courses. It may appoint one or more assistant auditors. The trainee auditor or one of the assistant auditors receives trainees at their…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Deduction of certain social security contributions and group insurance premiums

Article 154 bis

I. - For the purposes of calculating industrial and commercial profits and profits from non-commercial occupations, contributions to compulsory basic or supplementary family allowance and old age insu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L522-15

The own funds of a payment institution may not fall below any of the requirements set out in Article L. 522-7 and the second paragraph of Article L. 522-14.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VG

…A declaration, in accordance with a model drawn up by the administration, records the items used to calculate the income tax relating to the capital gain and, where applicable, the items used to calcu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 quinquies : Capital gains realised on contributions to companies or restructuring of professional non-trading companies

Article 151 octies

I. Capital gains subject to the articles 39 duodecies to 39 quindecies and realised by an individual on the occasion of the contribution to a company subject to a real taxation system of a sole propri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article R811-15

…tors, as an associate of a judicial administrator and under his direct supervision. The traineeship may be completed for a period not exceeding one-third of its duration with a person practising anoth…

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