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Showing 42714280 of 4369 articles for Art. Loi n° 89-1008

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Fees charged by bailiffs

Article A444-43

The services listed under numbers 151 to 203 of table 3-3 give rise to the collection by the judicial officer of the following emoluments:Number of the service (table 3-3 of article appendix 4-7)Descr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
18°: Parent companies

Article 145

…r le financement des télécommunications mentioned in article 1 of the amended finance law for 1969 (n° 69-1160 of 24 December 1969) and of companies which redistribute dividends from a société immobil…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L330-1

I. - An interbank settlement system or a system for the settlement and delivery of financial instruments means a national or international procedure organising relations between at least three partici…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 244 quater X

I. - 1. The low-income housing bodies mentioned in Article L. 411-2 du code de la construction et de l'habitation, with the exception of sociétés anonymes coopératives d'intérêt collectif pour l'acces…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 C

I. The depreciation of assets leased or made available in any other form is spread over the normal period of use in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. By way of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-10

I.-The department may, at their request, contribute to the financing of projects managed by communes, their groupings, public establishments attached to them or companies in which they hold a share of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: Equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article L221-32-2

1. Amounts paid into the equity savings plan for the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies are used for one or more of the following purposes:a) Shares, excluding those…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-27-2

I.-Sums due under life insurance contracts and capitalisation bonds or contracts which are not the subject of a request for payment of benefits or capital are deposited with the Caisse des dépôts et c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 decies G bis

I. - A. - Taxpayers domiciled in France, within the meaning of Article 4 B, may benefit from a reduction in income tax in respect of expenses actually incurred for the work mentioned in II of this art…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 220 Z septies

I.-The amount of property tax on built-up properties provided for in Article 1380 and levied during the financial year for the housing units mentioned in III of this article gives rise to a non-taxabl…

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