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Showing 20112020 of 7195 articles for Art. n° 18PA03648 · CAA Marseille 31 March 2023

French General Tax CodeIn force
14° : Tax reduction granted for cash subscriptions to the capital of companies and for subscriptions to shares in innovation investment funds (fonds communs de placement dans l'innovation)

Article 199 terdecies-0 A

…er the same conditions as those provided for in 1 and 2 of I of Article 885-0 V bis, as it stood on 31 December 2017.However, the rate is set at 25% for payments made until 31 December 2023.2° The ben…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article R822-2

…uties of statutory auditor; 2° Hold the diploma of higher accounting studies governed by the décret n° 81-537 du 12 mai 1981 relatif au diplôme d'études comptables supérieures ou du diplôme d'études s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-7

The operator of a trading platform shall make available to the Autorité des marchés financiers, at its request, data relating to the order book or provide access to the order book so that it can monit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Accounting and reporting requirements applicable to investment services providers

Article L533-8

…all keep, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers, relevant information relating to all transactions in financial instruments that…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Banknotes.

Article D122-3

…nging mutilated or damaged banknotes are set out in the Decision of the European Central Bank of 20 March 2003 on the denominations, specifications, reproduction, exchange and withdrawal of euro bankn…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Banknotes.

Article D122-2

…g the reproduction of euro banknotes are set out in the Decision of the European Central Bank of 20 March 2003 on the denominations, specifications, reproduction, exchange and withdrawal of euro bankn…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: European FIA management companies

Article L532-21-3

…e of the European Union which manage one or more FIAs governed by French law. II - The Autorité des marchés financiers shall monitor compliance by the management companies referred to in I with the pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Additional designations

Article L1441-25

…additional appointments may be made under the conditions set out in articles L. 1441-26 to L. 1441-31.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Joint ownership of patents

Article L613-32

The provisions of Articles L. 613-29 to L. 613-31 apply in the absence of stipulations to the contrary. Co-owners may derogate from this at any time by co-ownership regulations.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exceptional aid to help offset the loss of revenue resulting from the introduction of the health pass

Article 919-56

…must submit a form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 31 January 2022 at the latest.

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