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Showing 341350 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 General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Subrogation of obligations

Article 248 C

The bonds of the caisse nationale de l'industrie and the caisse nationale des banques allocated to the holders of shares transferred to the State are automatically subrogated to these shares in all ca…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Departmental committee for direct taxes and turnover taxes

Article 1651 C

For the determination of the market value used for the assessment of value added tax, in the cases provided for in 4° of 1 of Article L. 59 A of the Book of Tax Procedures, the commission comprises, i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: The issue of copies of documents and registers.

Article 1440-1-1

The information enabling the natural persons mentioned in the decision to be identified, where they are parties or third parties, shall be blacked out by the court clerk before the decision is handed…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 787 C

All or an undivided share of all the movable and immovable, tangible or intangible assets allocated to the operation of a sole proprietorship with an industrial, commercial, craft, agricultural or lib…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial risk assessment

Article R4412-97-6

The location report completes the traceability and mapping documents relating to the furniture and buildings within its scope. The person referred to in the first paragraph of I of article R. 4412-97…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1382 C

Municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in l'article 1639 A bis, exempt from pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial risk assessment

Article R4412-97-3

I. - When, for one of the following reasons, the person mentioned in the first paragraph of I of article R. 4412-97 finds that the location cannot be carried out, the safety of workers is ensured unde…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 72 C

Farmers may not apply the provision for price increases provided for in 5° of 1 of Article 39 (1). The total amount of provisions for price increases set aside before 1 January 1984 may, as from the f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1636 C

The rates of the additional taxes levied for the benefit of the public establishments mentioned in articles L. 321-1 and L. 324-1 of the town planning code are, subject to Article 1636 B octies and th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Exemptions, special rebates and tax reductions

Article 1391 C

Expenditure incurred by low-income housing bodies or semi-public companies whose statutory purpose is the construction or management of housing or by the bodies mentioned in article L. 365-1 of the Co…

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