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Showing 9911000 of 62472 articles for Art. Décret 55-22 du 4-1-1955

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-227

Subject to Article R. 123-228, a registered legal unit is indicated as ceased in the register in the event of dissolution if it is a legal unit mentioned in 4° to 6° of Article R. 123-220, and in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Master and feeder UCITS

Article L214-22

I. - The articles of association or fund rules of a feeder UCITS stipulate that at least 85% of its assets must be invested in shares or units of a single master UCITS or sub-fund thereof. A feeder UC…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Rules applicable to forward financial instruments and the assignment of receivables before their maturity.

Article R214-225

The financing institution may carry out, within the limit of its assets, repurchase agreements or any other transaction involving the temporary purchase and sale of securities, subject to the followin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Securities lending

Article L211-22

…ial securities; 2. The loan relates to financial securities which are not likely to be the subject, during the term of the loan, of the detachment of a right to a dividend or the payment of interest s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-22

…date of the election ;2° The number of full and alternate members to be elected;3° The voting procedures set out in article D. 4443-15 ;4° The rules relating to the term of office of the members of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-22

…onditions:a) It is accessible to the public ;b) Its supplier is independent of the UCITS which reproduces its composition. When the index provider and the UCITS are part of the same group within the m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Payment of tax

Article 223 N

…ear in respect of which this company joins the group. If the parent company's assessment of the tax due in respect of the taxable income for that period shows that the advance payments made exceed the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article R822-22

The specific continuing education provided for in Article L. 822-4 is forty hours. It must be completed, in continuous or discontinuous sessions, in the eighteen months preceding acceptance of an audi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 E

The tax reduction defined in article 238 bis is deducted from the corporation tax due for the financial year in which the expenditure was incurred. Any excess is used for the payment of corporation ta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Disclosure of accounts

Article L232-22

I. - Every limited liability company is required to file with the court registry, for inclusion in the register of commerce and companies, within one month of the approval of the annual accounts by th…

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