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Showing 40914100 of 20081 articles for Art. Cass. crim. 30 January 2019

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 decies F

…eaning of Article 4 B who carry out reconstruction, extension, repair or improvement work between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2012. This tax reduction applies: a) To expenditure relating to a dwell…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-5

…the legal protection resulting from articles 79-1 to 79-6 and from Article 95 of Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to freedom of communication.Technological measures may not prevent the fr…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-2

…and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, done at Lugano on 30 October 2007.Applications for recognition or declaration of enforceability, on the territory of t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the establishment of a relay facility

Article L311-35

…ollege may, after having determined that the transfer procedure referred to in 3° of Article L. 311-30 has failed, decide to set up a bridge institution. The latter is responsible for receiving, on a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Tax on television service publishers and distributors

Article L115-6

…payable by any television service publisher, within the meaning of article 2 of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication, who is established in France and who, during the prev…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-180

…institutions or finance companies affiliated to it or to them within the meaning of articles L. 511-30 to L. 511-32 of the Monetary and Financial Code, to the employees of the said companies as well a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12° : Tax reduction for certain overseas investments

Article 199 undecies D

…les 199 undecies A and 199 undecies B and the carryovers of these tax reductions, up to a limit of €30,600 less the amount deducted under a of this 1.2. For the purposes of assessing the limit mention…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXa: Declaration by management companies of venture capital mutual funds, professional investment funds, partnerships and venture capital companies

Article 242 quinquies

…ry and Financial Code, or the investment quota and limit provided for in I and II of article L. 214-30 of the same code;2° For each allocation, the conditions for applying 2° of 5 of article 38 and a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Rural solidarity grant.

Article L2334-22-1

…is obtained by adding the ratios defined in a and b by weighting the first by 70% and the second by 30%.The amount allocated to these communes under this fraction is calculated under the conditions pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Tax revenue and fees

Article L3662-2

…nt, as provided for in the budget for the current year, with the first payment being made before 31 January.When the amount to be allocated cannot be determined as indicated above, the monthly allocat…

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