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Showing 50915100 of 5857 articles for Art. 12 juill. 2018

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

Article 238

…gible asset carried out directly by the taxpayer or by arm's length companies within the meaning of 12 of Article 39 with it and, in the denominator, all research and development or acquisition expend…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1

…ation, one of the authorisations or a compassionate prescribing framework mentioned in articles L. 5121-9-1, L. 5121-12 and L. 5121-12-1 , a parallel import authorisation or an import authorisation is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6133-1

…° Where applicable, its capital ;11° The budgetary and accounting system applicable to the grouping;12° The arrangements for making movable or immovable property available;12° bis The arrangements for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39

…This paragraph does not apply to goodwill acquired from an affiliated company within the meaning of 12 of this article or from a company, including a sole proprietorship, placed, under the conditions…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-8-1

…ets in financial instruments amending Council Directives 85/611/EEC and 93/6/EEC and Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 93/22/EC, if the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-5

…ditions provided for in this article is without prejudice to the application of the articles L. 132-12 and L. 132-17.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-28

…e effect of depriving the beneficiaries of the exceptions defined in :-2°, e of 3°, 7°, 8°, 10° and 12° of Article L. 122-5; -2°, d and e of 3°, 6°, 7° and 8° of article L. 211-3; -3°, 4°, 4° bis, 5°…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-7-2

…s resulting from such payments. II. II.The mobility organising authorities mentioned in articles L. 1231-1, L. 1231-3, L. 1241-1 and L. 1243-1 of the Transport Code and their public establishments may…

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

Article 2-17

…223-15-2, 224-1 à 224-4, 225-5 à 225-15, 225-17, 226-1 à 226-23, 227-1 à 227-27, 311-1 à 311-13, 312-1 à 312-12, 313-1 à 313-3, 314-1 à 314-3, 324-1 to 324-6 and 511-1-2 of the Criminal Code, the of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Individual payment transactions

Article L314-11

…IV. - Where applicable, the other relevant information and conditions referred to in Article L. 314-12 are made available to the Payment Service User in an easily accessible form.V. - As soon as it ha…

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