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Showing 11011110 of 19528 articles for Art. Cass. soc. 26 January 2011

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Local investment funds

Article L214-32

Local investment funds may not benefit from the provisions of article L. 214-24-26.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 209 quater

…ecial reserve ceases for capital gains taxed in respect of financial years commencing on or after 1 January 2004.2. Amounts withdrawn from this reserve are credited to income for the financial year in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Associate midwives

Article R6152-544

The provisions of Title I of decree no. 2002-9 of 4 January 2002 relating to working hours and the organisation of work in the establishments mentioned in article 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
30°: Tax credit for expenses incurred by certain farmers to replace their employees on leave

Article 200 undecies

…re entitled to a tax credit in respect of the expenses incurred to replace them for leave between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2024 through the direct employment of employees or through the use of p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Portage salarial

Article R1254-2

…1251-50, L. 1251-51 and L. 1251-52 are replaced respectively by references to I of Article L. 1254-26, II of Article L. 1254-26, III of Article L. 1254-26 and I of Article L. 1254-26.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Flat-rate tax on network companies

Article 1519 HB

…he flat-rate tax is payable each year by the operator of the electricity production facility on 1st January of the tax year.III.-The amount of the flat-rate tax is established according to the install…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-23

…itions defined in the same article L. 1614-4.III.-.The Corsican local authority is eligible, from 1 January 2018, for the special assistance relating to municipal libraries and departmental libraries,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article A232

…relating to the declarations referred to in Parts B and C of Section III of Annex III to Directive 2011/16/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2011. The report shall speci…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Single chapter: Legal deposit obligation

Article A241-2

…emical medium and on these videograms themselves are laid down by the provisions of the Order of 12 January 1995 relating to the information that must appear on the declaration accompanying the legal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 : Tariff

Article 746

…ubject to registration duty or land registration tax of 2.50%. This rate is reduced to 1.80% from 1 January 2021 and to 1.10% from 1 January 2022 for the division of property interests following a leg…

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