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Showing 13011310 of 2529 articles for Art. 31 oct. 1989

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-10

…carried out by the multi-professional practice company under the conditions provided for in article 31-5 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of lib…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the sale by auction of an immovable property

Article R742-33

…t made pursuant to Article R. 742-28 or the mention of the judgment made pursuant to Article R. 742-31 in the margin of the copy of the summons published at the service responsible for land registrati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14° bis : Inheritance tax. Exemption for property and property rights located in Corsica

Article 1135 bis

…opened between the date of publication of loi n° 2002-92 du 22 janvier 2002 relative à la Corse and 31 December 2012, immovable property and immovable property rights located in Corsica are exempt fro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Special rebates

Article 1398 A

…es classified in the 2nd and 6th categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 and included within the perimeter of a pastoral land association covered by article…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Financing small-scale fishing

Article 238 bis HO

…r the purposes of income tax or corporation tax, cash subscriptions made between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2010 to the capital of companies subject to corporation tax under the conditions of ordi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Joint ventures

Article R422-50

…f a joint venture of industrial property attorneys referred to in Title II of the loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 shall give rise to the insertion of a notice in a newspaper authorised to receive l…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-40-1

…ar a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice provided for in Title IV bis of the loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 relative à l'exercice sous forme de sociétés des professions libérales soumises à u…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 11: Charges for the transport and distribution of electricity and gas and the transport of hydrocarbons and chemicals by pipeline

Article L2333-86

…date on which they became due. The four-year limitation period instituted by the loi n° 68-1250 du 31 décembre 1968 relative à la prescription des créances sur l'Etat, les départements, les communes…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Charges for the transport and distribution of electricity and gas and the transport of hydrocarbons and chemicals by pipeline

Article L3333-10

…on which they became due. The four-year statute of limitations instituted by the loi n° 68-1250 du 31 décembre 1968 relative à la prescription des créances sur l'Etat, les départements, les communes…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R313-19

The provision of the second paragraph of article L. 313-25, according to which the date of assignment or pledge is affixed by the assignee, may not apply to assignments of financial claims provided fo…

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