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Showing 571580 of 29738 articles for Art. Décret n° 2019-1333 du 11 décembre 2019

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Income from bonds

Article 118

…partments, communes and public establishments, associations of any kind and any French financial, industrial, commercial or civil companies, corporations and enterprises; 2° Redemption lots and premiu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 115

…a company, the allotted securities must be entered on the balance sheet at a value equal to the product of the book value of the securities of the contributing company and the ratio existing, on the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 110

…ver, these profits are increased by those that are legally exempt from said tax, including income deductible from net profit under I of Article 216, as well as profits made by the company in businesse…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 113

For the application of articles 109 and 112, the direct incorporation of profits into the capital is treated as an incorporation of reserves.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Calculating individual income

Article 116

…iod, the mass of distributed income determined in accordance with the provisions of articles 109 to 115 ter is considered to be allocated between the beneficiaries, for the assessment of the income of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Calculating individual income

Article 117

…unt of distributions as it results from the declarations of the legal entity referred to in Article 116, the latter is asked to provide the administration, within thirty days, with any additional info…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Invalidity of deeds on formal grounds.

Article 113

All pleas of nullity against procedural acts that have already been performed must be raised simultaneously, failing which those that have not been raised will be inadmissible.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Invalidity of deeds on formal grounds.

Article 114

No procedural act may be declared null and void on the grounds of a defect in form unless its nullity is expressly provided for by law, except in the case of failure to observe a substantial formality…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Invalidity of acts for substantive irregularity.

Article 118

Pleas of nullity based on failure to comply with the substantive rules relating to pleadings may be raised in any event, unless otherwise provided and except for the possibility that the judge may ord…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Evidence.

Article 11

…usal. If a party holds evidence, the judge may, at the request of the other party, enjoin him to produce it, if necessary under penalty of a fine. He may, at the request of one of the parties, request…

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