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Showing 1120 of 25314 articles for Art. 4° bis

French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Société anonyme Natexis or any company it controls within the meaning of article 355-1 of law no. 66-537 of 24 July 1966 on commercial companies

Article 131

The following are exempt from the withholding tax provided for in 1 of l'article 119 bis et du prélèvement prévu au I de Article 125 A : 1° to 4° (Obsolete provisions); 4° bis For their entire duratio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-8

…s defined: -in 8°, 10° and 12° of Article L. 122-5; -in e of 3° and 7° and 8° of article L. 211-3; -4° bis, 5° and 6° of article L. 342-3.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory

Article R631-8

…e, the Chairman shall have the casting vote. Decisions of the Financial Stability Board relating to 4°, 4° bis, 4° ter and 5° of Article L. 631-2-1 are adopted if at least four members vote in favour.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Night work.

Article L1225-11

…lating to maternity leave; 3° L. 1225-29, relating to the ban on postnatal and prenatal employment; 4° L. 1226-2, relating to unfitness for work following a non-occupational illness or accident diagno…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Other cases of recourse to expert appraisal

Article L2315-93

…n as provided for in Article L. 2312-41 or a takeover search operation as provided for in Section 4 bis of Chapter III of Title III of Book II of Part One, the Chartered Accountant has access to the d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Opposition to duty and obstacles to tax control

Article 1735 quater

…computer medium, to their reading or seizure, referred to in IVa of Article L. 16 B and to 4 and 4 bis of Article L. 38 of the Book of Tax Procedures entails the application of a fine equal to:1° €50…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2573-41

…t général des fonctionnaires des communes et des groupements de communes de la Polynésie française";4° In 18°, the words: ", sous la réserve prévue par les articles L. 132-5 et L. 132-15 du code de l'…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Payment of tax

Article 223 N

…the period provided for in Article 1668(2). In this case, the total tax assessment referred to in 4 bis of article 1668 is that of the parent company of this group, provided that the company that join…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-23

…resulting from contamination by the human immunodeficiency virus pursuant to Article L. 3122-1; 3° bis Payment of compensation pursuant to Article L. 1221-14; 3° ter The payment of compensation pursu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for certain employees.

Article L5424-2

…yers mentioned in 2° of article L. 5424-1 ;2° By irrevocable option, the employers mentioned in 3°, 4°, 4° bis, 6° and 7° of the same article;3° For their non-tenured employees, public higher educatio…

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