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Showing 62516260 of 7195 articles for Art. n° 18PA03648 · CAA Marseille 31 March 2023

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Article Annexe 7-1

…ourt of Salon-de-Provence and the cantons of Berre-l'Etang, Istres-Sud and Istres-Nord and VitrollesMarseilleMarseilleOverruns of the Marseilles judicial courtTarasconTarasconOverruns of the Tarascon…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXVII: Tax credit for research expenditure by industrial, commercial or agricultural companies

Article 244 quater B

…isation meetings, up to a fixed daily rate of €450 per day of attendance at said meetings ;h) Until 31 December 2024, expenditure relating to the development of new collections incurred by industrial…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-165

…an annual report, the content of which is specified by the General Regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers, which is made available to each unitholder. The Supervisory Board ensures that t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Public and civil proceedings

Article D1-1

The terms of application of II to IV of Article 28 of Organic Law No. 2011-333 of 29 March 2011 on the Human Rights Defender are specified by this article. I.-The proposal for a settlement made by the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Employer's obligations.

Article L4121-3-1

…ocument by electronic means provided for in the same first paragraph shall apply: a) As from 1 July 2023, to companies with a workforce of one hundred and fifty employees or more; b) As from dates set…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-22

…tative of the Agency's College. III - The decree in Council of State provided for in article L. 232-31 sets out the conditions for application of this article.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Special provisions applicable in the event of transfer, termination or death

Article 202 quater

…n articles 8 and 8 ter or a société d'exercice libéral mentioned in article 2 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 279-0 bis

…tificate, as well as the invoices or notes issued by the companies that carried out the work, until 31 December of the fifth year following the completion of the work. The lessee is jointly and severa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Criminal penalties

Article L2223-35

…223-25 is punishable by a fine of 75,000 euros. The violation of the provisions of articles L. 2223-31 à L. 2223-34 is punishable by a fine of 75,000 euros. It is punishable by five years' imprisonmen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XI: Goods transiting through a warehouse or logistics storage platform

Article 298 sexdecies J

…aph of I is set by order of the minister responsible for the budget. This information is kept until 31 December of the sixth year following the year during which the import operation took place. IV.-T…

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