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Showing 12111220 of 2166 articles for Art. 239 bis AB

French General Tax CodeIn force
5°: Tax credit for the purchase of a company's capital

Article 220 nonies

…n. For companies that are members of a group within the meaning of Article 223 A or l'article 223 A bis, the corporation tax payable by the acquired company means the amount it would have had to pay i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L6241-1

…apprenticeship development initiatives under the conditions set out in article L. 6241-2. It is payable by employers liable for corporation tax as referred to inarticle 205 of the General Tax Code, e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Powers

Article L5842-28

I. - Articles L. 5216-5 with the exception of II bis, V and VII, and articles L. 5216-6 to L. 5216-7-1 shall apply in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II. - For the appl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII : Taxation of capital gains on the disposal of building land

Article 238 decies

…l'article 1594-0 G à une société civile de construction répondant aux conditions définies à Article 239 ter, the capital gain generated is, for the purposes of determining income tax or corporation ta…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 53 A

Subject to the provisions of article 302 septies A bis, taxpayers other than those subject to the regime defined in article 50-0 (1), are required to submit annual tax returns, in accordance with the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
17°: Companies for the development of industry, commerce and agriculture and their adaptation to the European Community

Article 143 quater

…e n° 59-248 du 4 février 1959, are exempt from the withholding tax provided for in 2 of Article 119 bis insofar as the profits distributed come from the activities of the company referred to in the ag…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-6

…this Article, Articles 393 to 397-5 shall apply to the offences provided for in Articles 24 and 24 bis and the third and fourth paragraphs of Article 33 of the law of 29 July 1881 on the freedom of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3841-2

Chapter I bis of Title III of Book I of Part Three is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2022-1089 of 30 July 2022 putting an end to the exceptional…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medico-technical committee.

Article D4622-28

…3° The organisation of actions in the workplace and the monitoring of workers' state of health; 3° bis Drawing up and implementing the protocols provided for in Article R. 4623-14; 4° The organisatio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies A

I. - French companies that invest abroad with a view to setting up a sales establishment, a design office or an information office, either directly or through a company in which they hold at least 10%…

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