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Showing 30813090 of 22522 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 20 Sept. 2016 – no. 15-12.994

French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Société anonyme Natexis or any company it controls within the meaning of article 355-1 of law no. 66-537 of 24 July 1966 on commercial companies

Article 131

The following are exempt from the withholding tax provided for in 1 of l'article 119 bis et du prélèvement prévu au I de Article 125 A : 1° to 4° (Obsolete provisions); 4° bis For their entire duratio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Credit transactions

Article R351-3

…the Wallis and Futuna Islands:APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REDACTION R. 312-2 Resulting from Decree no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018 on the dematerialisation of contractual relations in the financial sec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Tax officials entrusted with certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-29-17

The provisions of articles R. 15-33-18 and R. 15-33-20 to R. 15-33-23 are applicable to the exercise of judicial police missions by authorised tax agents.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 4 - Automatic processing of personal data for the purpose of establishing the biological profile of athletes referred to in Article L. 230-3

Article R232-41-9

…be exercised with the latter under the conditions set out in Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016. The data controller has two months in which to respond to the request.The…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: "ORSAN" system

Article R3131-10-5

…The rights of access and rectification provided for in Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 may be exercised with the health establishment or the medical-psychologica…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L2446-2

…provided for in this chapter. II -Article L. 2222-2 is applicable in the version resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system. Article L. 2223-2 is a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee with a fixed-term employment contract.

Article L1226-22

…19 to L. 3253-21 are applicable to the payment of the indemnities provided for in Articles L. 1226-20 and L. 1226-21.

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

Article 219 bis

…rate of corporation tax is set at 24% in respect of the income referred to in section 5 of article 206, received by non-profit-making public establishments, associations and collectivities. 1° This r…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article L771-2

…du même tableau : ARTICLES APPLICABLES DANS LE RÉDACTIONUR L. 711-1 and L. 711-2 Resulting from law no. 2022-172 of 14 February 2022 in favour of independent professional activity L. 711-3 and L. 711-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L752-2

…ght-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 312-1 Law no. 2021-1774 of 24 December 2021 L. 312-1-1 A and L. 312-1-1 B Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L.…

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