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Showing 25312540 of 2923 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 30 Nov. 2018 – no. 2018-749 QPC

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-27

…38, L. 225-40 to L. 225-42, L. 2210-13 and Articles L. 225-86, L. 225-88 to L. 225-90 and L. 22-10-30; 5° The share issue and buyback programmes; > The appointment of the Statutory Auditors 6° Appoin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article D214-124

…state investment trust, in proportion to the average value of each of these categories of assets at 30 June and 31 December of the previous financial year.IV. - When a transaction for the acquisition…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1313-3

…herche sur les transports et leur sécurité ;28° Institut Pasteur ;29° The Gustave Eiffel University;30° Laboratoire national de métrologie et d'essais (National Laboratory for Metrology and Testing);3…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Budgetary and accounting provisions

Article D4425-31

I.-For the application of article D. 4425-30: a) The population to be taken into account is the sum of the total populations, municipal and counted separately, of the Corsican local authority, as it r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 bis

…buildings falling under 1° of II of article 1500 and at 1.004 for all other built properties. From 2018, in the interval between two updates provided for in article 1518, property rental values are i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2b: Companies located in urban tax-free zones - entrepreneurial areas

Article 44 octies A

…of the first paragraph of this I only apply to activities created in these zones until 31 December 2018.To qualify for the exemption, the business must cumulatively meet the following conditions:a) I…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 sexies

…for fictional and animated audiovisual works and documentary audiovisual works. It is increased to 30% for animated cinematographic works and for cinematographic works other than animated works produ…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to performers and phonogram producers

Article L214-1

…s. 3° To its communication to the public by a radio service, within the meaning of Article 2 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication, with the exception of radio services w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 73 B

…to €45,100 or, in other cases, 50% for the fraction of the profit less than or equal to €45,100 and 30% for the fraction greater than €45,100 and less than or equal to €60,100. These allowances are in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment.

Article L1523-6

…allis and Futuna Islands subject to the following adaptations: 1° In articles L. 1333-8 and L. 1333-30, the reference to Chapter I of Title V of Book IV of Part IV of the Labour Code shall be replaced…

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