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Showing 10811090 of 23469 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte 23-11-2004 n° 02-11.352

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-23

For an uninterrupted period beginning no later than the twenty-first day prior to the meeting, companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market shall publish the following informat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-234-1

The Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques is authorised to use the national register for the identification of natural persons to certify, and where necessary to bring into lin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Financing small-scale fishing

Article 238 bis HT

In the event of the approved company being wound up or its capital being reduced, the Minister responsible for the budget may order the reinstatement of sums deducted pursuant to articles 163 duovicie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Calculating individual income

Article 117

In the event that the total amount of distributed income exceeds the total amount of distributions as it results from the declarations of the legal entity referred to in Article 116, the latter is ask…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article D214-232-3

Any decision by the management company of a securitisation undertaking to buy and sell financial securities, to enter into, manage or terminate financial contracts or to modify all or part of the risk…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIa: Redemption premiums and capitalised interest

Article 238 septies C

A Conseil d'Etat decree specifies the terms of application of articles 238 septies A and 238 septies B and their impact on the calculation of any capital gains or losses realised in the event of dispo…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Interim measures

Article 1118

If a new fact arises, the judge may, until the court relinquishes jurisdiction, cancel, modify or supplement the provisional measures he has prescribed.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The adoption procedure

Article 1175

Where appropriate, the court shall rule, in the same form, on the change of the adopted person's forenames and, in the case of simple adoption, on the adopted person's name.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Equity financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 238 bis HM

A decree sets out the procedures for applying articles 238 bis HE to 238 bis HL, in particular the procedures for issuing approvals, reporting obligations and, where applicable, the standard clauses o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presumption of absence

Article 116

If the presumed absent person is called to a partition, it may be made amicably. In the event of conflicting interests between the representative and the presumed absent person, the guardianship judge…

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