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Showing 20112020 of 35823 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 May 2002 – no. 00-16.857

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Assessment of the tax

Article 271

…ed that these transactions give rise to the right to deduct, the tax from which the taxable persons may deduct is, as appropriate:a) That shown on the invoices drawn up in accordance with the provisio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-5

…s to information essential to interoperability under the conditions defined in 1° of Article L. 331-28 and in Article L. 331-29.The provisions of this chapter do not call into question the legal prote…

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

Article 242 quinquies

…libre partenariat whose regulations or articles of association provide that unit holders or members may benefit from the tax advantages provided for in 2° of 5 of article 38 and to the articles 163 qu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Categories of revenue

Article L2573-44

…"to 4° and 6°";2° A second paragraph is added as follows:"When the expenditure provided for in 27°, 28° and 29° of Article L. 2321-2 result in an increase in operating expenditure of more than 0.75% o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-47

…tax officials authorised to carry out judicial investigations, respectively referred to in articles 28-1 and 28-2, specially authorised and individually designated by their hierarchical superior, have…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article Annexe

…set for the full repayment of the sums due under the commitment, it being specified that this date may be extended either by agreement of the parties or by a court decision): I _ I _ I _ I _ I _ I _…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK II: INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION

Article L5210-1-1

…perimeters of existing public establishments for intercommunal cooperation and mixed syndicates. It may propose the creation, transformation or merger of public establishments for intercommunal cooper…

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

Article L5214-23

…he General Tax Code, as well as those mentioned in V of the same article.The communauté de communes may, in addition, collect, in respect of the competence of organising authority for the public distr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138

…e company exploiting the medicinal product or product; 13° The words: "Authorised medicinal product No." followed by the national number identifying the presentation of the medicinal product referred…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L239-1

The Articles of Association may provide that the shares of sociétés par actions or the corporate units of sociétés à responsabilité limitée subject to corporation tax by operation of law or by option…

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