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Showing 63116320 of 69024 articles for Art. L. 221-8 + Art. R. 221-30 à R. 221-37

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article A123-68-1

I.-For the application of the second paragraph of Article L. 232-25, the categories of legal persons who finance or invest, directly or indirectly, in companies, or provide services for the benefit of…

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

Article 1518 A ter

…rs, it shall communicate any changes to this list before 1 October of the year preceding the tax year.To benefit from the allowance provided for in I of this article, the taxpayer shall bring to the a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 125-00 A

…event of non-repayment of a loan granted under the conditions provided for in article 7 of article L. 511-6 of the Monetary and Financial Code or of a free loan mentioned in article L. 548-1 of the s…

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In force

Article Annexe 1-3

ANNEX TO ARTICLES R. 123-57 ET 123-581° For Germany:die Aktiengesellschaft;die Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien;die Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung;2° For Austria:die Aktiengesellschaft;die Gese…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 855

Property which has perished by chance and through no fault of the donee is not subject to report. However, if such property has been reconstituted by means of compensation received for its loss, the d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 833

…fit the spouse or any heir called to succeed by virtue of the law, whether he is a full or bare owner. These provisions, with the exception of those of article 832, also benefit an heir with a univers…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-8

…e previous paragraph give rise to the application of the rules of protection provided in their favour. It may be agreed between the undivided co-owners that in the absence of incapacitated persons cer…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 860

The order referred to in Article 628 and the sentence extract referred to in Article 634 are inserted in one of the newspapers in the territory, posted at the door of the residence of the person conce…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 843

Any heir, even one who has accepted up to the amount of the assets, coming to an estate, must report to his coheirs all that he has received from the deceased, by gifts inter vivos, directly or indire…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article 883

The time limits provided for in Article

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