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Showing 31113120 of 42508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 October 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 2012

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation.

Article R4113-95

Under no circumstances may the liquidator's duties be entrusted to a person who has been suspended or struck off the roll of the Association.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Transferable securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities.

Article R228-91

For the application of 3° of article L. 228-99, the adjustment equalises, to the nearest hundredth of a share, the value of the securities that are obtained in the event of the exercise of the rights…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L315-9

…tise, when they are charged to the borrower. In the case of an advance transfer loan, the appraisal may be carried out by the lending institution;4° The nature of the loan;5° The terms of the loan and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-14

For the application of article L. 71-111-11, when the investment section of the budget shows a surplus, the following may be written back to the operating section:- the proceeds from the disposal of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Sales of medicinal plants.

Article D4211-11

…edicinal plants or parts of plants included in the pharmacopoeia which appear in the following list may, in the form specified in the list, be sold by persons other than pharmacists: FRENCH NAMES SCIE…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Definition of taxable profits

Article 92

…ial contracts, also referred to as "financial futures instruments", mentioned in III of article L. 211-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, where the option provided for in 8° of I of article 35 was…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tax regimes

Article 95

With regard to the method of determining the profit to be included in the income tax base, taxpayers who receive non-commercial profits or similar income are placed either under the controlled declara…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Implementation measures

Article 90

A decree (1) determines the conditions of application of articles 79 to 89. (1) Annex III, art. 369 to 374.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Controlled declaration system

Article 97

Taxpayers subject mandatorily or by option to the controlled declaration regime are required to file each year, under the conditions and within the time limits set out in articles 172 and 175, a decla…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Controlled declaration system

Article 96

I. Taxpayers who make or receive profits or income referred to in Article 92 are obligatorily subject to the controlled declaration regime when they cannot benefit from the regime defined in Article 1…

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