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Showing 13311340 of 51993 articles for Art. CE 24-4-2019 n° 419912 confirming CAA Nancy 22-2-2018 n° 17NC00780

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article D441-22

I. - For rights in the course of constitution of operations whose benefits are linked to the cessation of professional activity, the agreement provides for the transfer option mentioned in the eighth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-24

…to the provisions of Article L. 612-17, and shall ensure that information obtained in the performance of the tasks entrusted to them is used only for the performance of those tasks. The Secretary Gen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 quaterdecies

…spect of the production expenses referred to in III, corresponding to operations carried out in France with a view to the production of cinematographic or audiovisual works produced by production comp…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article R612-24

…lication filed in the form of a provisional application shall be deemed to be a request for compliance or, where expressly indicated by the declarant, a request for conversion into a utility certifica…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraphe 1 : Du divorce par consentement mutuel par acte sous signature privée contresigné par avocats, déposé au rang des minutes d'un notaire

Article 229-1

…provided for in article 229-4. This filing gives effect to the agreement by conferring on it a date certain and enforceability.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules.

Article R712-22-2

The draft primary or amending budgets of the territorial chambers of commerce and industry are sent to the president of the regional chamber of commerce and industry at least 15 days before the genera…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Treatment of losses and capital losses incurred by the company before joining or after leaving the group

Article 223 I

…result, if this revaluation is carried out in the accounts of a financial year closed between 31 December 1986 and the opening date of a financial year during which the company became a member of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Admissibility of lists of candidates and individual applications

Article D1441-24-3

…1441-22-2, D. 1441-22-3 and D. 1441-22-4 are kept as follows: 1° Until the end of the term of office : a) For the representative of the trade union or professional organisation as far as he is conce…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 223 quater

Companies and legal entities liable for corporation tax under Article 206, with the exception of those designated in Article 5 of the aforementioned article, which, directly or indirectly, in particul…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article R2-22

…may identify himself by his administrative registration number. The court or commission may have access to the surname and first name of the beneficiary of this authorisation through the competent pu…

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