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Showing 34213430 of 56769 articles for Art. L 144-10 · C. civ. Art. 1709 · Cass. com. 11 May 1971 · Cass. com. 23 March 1999 n° 97-15.000

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article D214-232-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of article D. 214-232, the following securitisation undertakings are excluded from the scope of II of article L. 214-167 : 1° Economic loan funds referred to in I ofarti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis GC

The contributions payable by companies operating one or more pharmaceutical specialities are excluded from deductible expenses for the basis of assessment of income tax or corporation tax in accordanc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presumption of absence

Article 115

The judge may, at any time and even of his own motion, terminate the assignment of the person so appointed; he may also proceed with his replacement.

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

Article R123-234-2

The Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques is authorised to verify and, if necessary, correct the address of establishments on the basis of geographical references. It may suppl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ib: Revaluation of depreciable fixed assets

Article 238 bis J

I. - The provisions of I of article 238 bis I relating to the revaluation of non-depreciable fixed assets are extended to depreciable fixed assets appearing in the balance sheet for the first financia…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Payroll tax

Article 231 bis V

Remuneration paid to staff made available to a consular higher education institution mentioned in article L. 711-17 of the French Commercial Code and organising training courses leading to the award,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
0Ic A: Revaluation of tangible and financial fixed assets

Article 238 bis JB

A company which carries out an overall revaluation of its tangible and financial fixed assets under the conditions set out in article L. 123-18 of the French Commercial Code may not take into account…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Renewable contracts

Article R2391-11

In the case of a renewable contract, an advance is paid to the contractor for each renewal under the conditions set out in sub-section 1.

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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 Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capacity

Article 1149

Routine acts performed by a minor may be annulled on the grounds of simple injury. However, nullity is not incurred where the lesion results from an unforeseeable event. A simple declaration of majori…

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