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Showing 23112320 of 57042 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 23-1-2020 n° 19-11.215

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 235 ter XA

When one of the conditions mentioned in the fourth paragraph of 4 of Article 38 is not complied with on a loan still outstanding during the recovery period referred to in Article L. 169 of the Book of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Community of communes

Article L5214-23-2

The loss of revenue that the communauté de communes suffers as a result of the temporary exemptions enjoyed by new constructions as well as the premises referred to in articles 1384 C and 1384 D of th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-23

MOTOR VEHICLE EVENTS IN WHICHCONTACT BETWEEN VEHICLES IS AUTHORISED(art. A331-22 and A331-23) Definition Events taking place on a circuit with generally used vehicles, in which contact between vehicle…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 octies A

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 bis U

The remuneration paid by the industrial technical centres mentioned in article L. 521-1 of the research code is exempt from payroll tax.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 octies C

I. - Capital gains generated by a company on the exchange of a property with the State, a local authority, a competent public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation or a public establishment or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services authorised in France

Article D532-23-2

I. - Notifications of freedom to provide services sent by investment firms to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution pursuant to Article L. 532-24 shall include the following information…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services authorised in France

Article D532-23-3

Where, pursuant to I of Article L. 532-24, an investment firm or credit institution wishes to provide custody account keeping services in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 237 ter A

I. - In accordance with the first paragraph of Article L. 3315-1 du code du travail and subject to the provisions set out in the third paragraph of the same article, the amount of profit-sharing paid…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 239 quater D

The healthcare cooperation groupings mentioned in articles L. 6133-1 and L. 6133-4 of the Public Health Code and the social and medico-social cooperation groupings mentioned in

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