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Showing 22212230 of 70794 articles for Art. R 143-1 à R 143-3 · Cass. com. 28 April 2004 · Cass. com. 20 October 1998 · Cass. com. 7 March 2000 · Cass. com. 25 February 2003 · Loi 2015-990 du 6 août 2015

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Sustainable development plan

Article R4424-7-1

For the mise en compatibilité of Corsica's land use and sustainable development plan as part of an integrated procedure for housing or an integrated procedure for business property pursuant to Article…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-11

I. - For the operations of each company mentioned in 1° of Article L. 310-1 and of each supplementary occupational pension fund mentioned in Article L. 381-1, in respect of insurance, capitalisation o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Single chapter: Legal deposit obligation

Article A241-3

The rules relating to the representation threshold for imported videograms are set out in the provisions of the decree of 21 November 1995 setting the threshold provided for in article 28 (2°) of decr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de commissaires aux comptes

Article A822-34

The Compagnie nationale des commissaires aux comptes draws up a list of sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de commissaires aux comptes which mentions the following informati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-1-1 (TO ARTICLES A. 811-25 and A. 812-24)

Article Annexe 8-1-1

I. - List of acts performed by the trainee pursuant to article A. 811-25 : - mission of assistance to the debtor in safeguard or receivership proceedings; - mission of supervision of the debtor in saf…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Right of communication specific to the customs administration.

Article 65 bis A

In order to establish the basis of assessment and control of taxes, duties and charges falling within the remit of the customs and excise administration and with a view to detecting fraud, the right o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Liquidation

Article A310-3

The declaration receipt provided for in article R. 310-3 shall mention the identity or corporate name of the declarant, the name, address and unique identification number of the commercial establishme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 795-0 A

I. - The free transfer tax exemptions referred to in articles 794 and 795 also apply to gifts and legacies made to legal entities or organisations of the same nature as those mentioned in the same art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: The knowledge test referred to in article L. 811-5

Article A811-38

The application for inclusion on the list of persons mentioned in article R. 811-27 is examined in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 811-29 and R. 811-31 to R. 811-35.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-3

I. - For a given financial year, the total amount of profit sharing guaranteed by the company or the supplementary occupational retirement fund under article A. 132-2 must be less than a ceiling calcu…

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