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Showing 57715780 of 21886 articles for Art. Cass. soc. – 11 July 2012 – no. 11-12161

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 terdecies

…)5. Distributions by venture capital companies operating under the conditions of article 1-1 of law no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 are subject, when the shareholder is a company, to the long-term capital…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Issuing the summons to pay as a form of seizure to the debtor

Article R321-3

…ice; 10° Indication that a bailiff may enter the premises to draw up a description of the property; 11° Indication of the enforcement judge with territorial jurisdiction to hear the attachment proceed…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Periodic updating of the rental value of built and unbuilt properties

Article 1518

…1518 bis. V. - The updating of property rental values provided for 1988 by III of article 29 of law no. 86-824 of 11 July 1986 is replaced by a flat-rate revaluation carried out under the conditions l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article R743-15

…221-1 2008-1263 of 4 December 2008 R. 221-2 with the exception of the last paragraph and R. 221-2-1 No. 2020-93 of 5 February 2020 R. 221-3 to R. 221-7 n° 2008-1263 of 4 December 2008 R. 221-8 n° 2011…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article R744-15

…221-1 2008-1263 of 4 December 2008 R. 221-2 with the exception of the last paragraph and R. 221-2-1 No. 2020-93 of 5 February 2020 R. 221-3 to R. 221-7 n° 2008-1263 of 4 December 2008 R. 221-8 n° 2011…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Training for those involved in collective bargaining

Article R2212-3

…il servants: a) The annual training plans of the administrations provided for inarticle 6 of decree no. 2007-1470 of 15 October 2007 as amended relating to the lifelong professional training of State…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article R612-31-2

…rojected profit and loss account for the current financial year including the portfolio transferred;11° A statement of unrealised capital gains and the proportion of the assets of the transferring ins…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-44

…nditions it determines; 10° Acquiring, disposing of and exchanging buildings, leases and mortgages; 11° Participation in public interest groups; 12° transfers or concessions of industrial property rig…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-3

…Representatives of associations of users of the health system approved in application of article L. 1114-1 or other associations whose purpose falls within the Agency's remit;4° Representatives of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-8-1

By way of derogation from Article 11, for investigation or prosecution proceedings initiated on the basis of one or more offences falling within the scope of the article 628, the counter-terrorism pub…

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