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Showing 15811590 of 2166 articles for Art. 239 bis AB

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compliance with company admission conditions

Article 122-9

…ompanies to financial aid, in particular by means of the following documents: 1° A K extract or a K bis extract dated less than three months; 2° A copy of the articles of association and, where applic…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions specific to Book I

Article L2621-1

…1743, 1746 and 1747 of the General Tax Code are replaced by references with the same purpose applicable locally and the words: ", as well as for equivalent offences under the legislation of another M…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Withholding

Article L623-37

In the absence of a written request from the holder of the plant variety certificate and except in cases provided for by European Union regulations, the customs administration may, in the course of it…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Customs detention

Article L716-8-1

In the absence of a written request from the proprietor of a registered trademark or the beneficiary of an exclusive right of exploitation and outside the cases provided for by the Community regulatio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Withholding

Article L722-10

In the absence of a written request from the person authorised to use a geographical indication or the organisation for the defence of geographical indications and outside the cases provided for by Eu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Income tax deducted at source

Article 182 A

I. With the exception of salaries falling within the scope of article 182 A bis, French-source salaries, wages, pensions and life annuities paid to persons who are not domiciled in France for tax purp…

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

Article 202

…ing those arising from debts acquired and not yet recovered and which have not yet been taxed is established immediately. It is calculated at the last rate used to calculate the advance payment mentio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI ter : Determination of income realised by companies on the disposal of certain fixed-income securities

Article 238 septies F

…he transfer of securities mentioned in article 118, at 6° and 7° of article 120 and to Article 1678 bis as well as treasury bills on formulas and entered on the balance sheet of a company at the close…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ac: Record-keeping

Article 286 quater

I.-1. Every taxable person shall keep a register of goods dispatched or transported, by himself or on his behalf, to the territory of another Member State of the European Union and intended in that St…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Loan guarantees

Article L2252-1

…s paragraph. The amount of annual instalments guaranteed or bonded in favour of the same debtor, payable in respect of a financial year, must not exceed a percentage, defined by decree, of the total a…

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