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Showing 16111620 of 51196 articles for Art. Cass. 3ème civ. 16-2-2022 n° 20-15.164 FS-B

French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Recovery.

Article 345-0 bis

The fines, penalties and forfeitures in value provided for by the codes, laws and regulations that the customs administration is responsible for enforcing when they are handed down by a court are reco…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 792-0 bis

…ty, rights and capitalised income placed in a trust whose settlor died on the date on which the loi n° 2011-900 du 29 juillet 2011 de finances rectificative pour 2011 et à raison de ceux qui sont impo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
New regulatory part

Article Annexe à l'article R314-20

For the application of the provisions of article R. 314-20, the information document includes a table comparing the financial characteristics of the loans being considered for consolidation with the f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 bis C

By way of exception to the provisions of Article 38, interest rate or currency swaps entered into by credit institutions, finance companies or investment firms referred to in article 38 bis A and whic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 bis A

By way of derogation from Article 38, the credit institutions and finance companies mentioned in Article L. 511-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code and the investment firms mentioned in article L. 53…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 bis A

1. Companies operating either a daily newspaper, or a publication with a monthly frequency at most devoted for the most part to political and general information, or an online press service recognised…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies B

I. - Small and medium-sized companies subject to corporation tax or income tax according to a real system may deduct from their taxable income a sum equal to 40% of the original value of assets includ…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: "Sports performance" speciality

Article A212-57 bis

The assessment situation leading to certification of the credit units for the specialisation (UC3 and UC4) comprises one or two tests, at least one of which consists of a professional coaching situati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article R613-1-B

I.-For the purposes of Articles L. 613-20-1 and L. 613-21-1, information is considered essential if it may have a significant impact on the assessment of the financial soundness of a credit institutio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article R15-16

The commission's decision may be referred to the Court of Cassation for breach of the law.

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