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Showing 19311940 of 18954 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 31 Oct. 2000

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R4381-8

The provisions of this section govern companies formed pursuant to Title I of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice of liberal professions in the form of companies and whose cor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various partnerships formed for the joint practice of the profession

Article R814-60

…pital of which is held by partners mentioned in 6° of B of I of the article 5 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article L643-11

…orial proceedings within the meaning of paragraph 2 of Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings or within the meaning of paragraph 2 of Article 3 of R…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable profits

Article 93 B

…st paragraph. If the company repurchases the securities, the shareholders present in the company on 31 December of the tax year are taxed on the basis of the profit made by the company during the tax…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Popular savings passbook account.

Article R221-33

…gibility of the surviving taxpayer is assessed with regard to the income of the tax household as at 31 December of the year of death; 3° To open a popular savings passbook account, the income of the t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health and hygiene measures to control insect vectors

Article R1331-13

I.-Under article R. 3114-9, II, 2°, the mayor, as part of his responsibilities for health and hygiene, acts to prevent the establishment and development of insect vectors within his municipality. II -…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local monitoring system for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-47

…romise the smooth operation of the system; 9° Send the Agence de la biomédecine an annual report by 31 March each year, summarising all the incidents and adverse effects noted during the previous cale…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 43 bis

…isions of this article will cease to apply to shares subscribed after 30 June 1964 or paid up after 31 December 1965. In addition, the subscription of shares in sociétés immobilières conventionnées in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: LOCAL FINANCE COMMITTEE

Article L1211-3

…n of the Local Finance Committee also covers the financial impact of the standard.Each year, before 31 July, the accounts for the last known financial year of local authorities are submitted to it and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-117

…icles R. 225-113 and R. 225-114 as well as, depending on the case, by articles R. 225-115, R. 22-10-31 or R. 225-116.The characteristics of the securities giving entitlement to the allotment of debt s…

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