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Showing 361370 of 53704 articles for Art. CA Paris 1-12-2021 n° 20/04742

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-20-1

…the professional activity in respect of which he has made a declaration of assignment of assets is carried out or, in the absence of an establishment, the residential premises where the business is b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable companies and local authorities.

Article 206

…s.1 bis. However, associations governed by the law of 1st July 1901, associations governed by the local law maintained in force in the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin departments, unions governed by a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2 - Receipt and processing of requests for implementation of the individual right to training

Article D1621-12

The basis for the compulsory annual contribution due by local elected representatives in respect of the individual right to training, mentioned in articles L. 2123-12-1, L. 3123-10-1, L. 4135-10-1, L.…

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

Article 201

…made in that business or holding and not yet taxed shall be assessed immediately, including, in the case of an agricultural holding the result of which is subject to Article 64 bis, in respect of prof…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section V: International wrongful removal of children

Article 1210-9

…ent of the return decision, the public prosecutor with jurisdiction pursuant to article 34-1 of law n° 95-125 of 8 January 1995 to directly request the police force in order to enforce the decision is…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-1

I.-The right to authorise the simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged cable retransmission, on national territory, of a work broadcast from national territory or the territory of another Member State o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-20-1

…re the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is informed by the group supervisor, in the case of a supervisory authority of another Member State, of a request for authorisation to calculate…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-12

Where the country of origin of the work, within the meaning of the Paris Act of the Berne Convention, is a country outside the European Community and the author is not a national of a Member State of…

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

Article 204

…ome taxable under this article shall be filed by the rightful claimants of the deceased. Where applicable, the notary in charge of the estate may file this declaration at the request of the successors…

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

Article 203

Taxes assessed in the event of transfer, cessation or death, by application of articles 201 and 202, are deducted, where applicable, from the amount of income tax subsequently calculated in accordance…

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