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Showing 20412050 of 18954 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 31 Oct. 2000

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to specialised finance companies

Article L214-190-2-1

…des on the demerger. Notwithstanding article L. 225-96 of the same code and 3° of article L. 214-24-31 of this code, this meeting may be held, on first call, without a quorum being required. The demer…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies B

…ns; The deduction applies to goods mentioned in 1° to 7° acquired new from 1 January 2019 and until 31 December 2020 that have been the subject of a firm order from 20 September 2018. It also applies…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General savings products with specific tax arrangements.

Article D221-111-1

…ed, in the case of transactions relating to the securities referred to in 1° of I of Article L. 221-31 and 1. of Article L. 221-32-2, which are admitted to trading on a trading platform, and transacti…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Reserving contracts for social economy enterprises

Article L2113-15

…tity, for companies in the social and solidarity economy defined inArticle 1 of Law No. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy or equivalent structures, when their purpose is to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-45

…nd 695-29, the first to third paragraphs of article 695-30, and the last paragraph of l'article 695-31, it being for the judicial authority of the issuing Member State to send the person back to atten…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-38

If there are facts to suggest that information referred to in Article 695-9-31 could be useful to another Member State either in preventing an offence falling within one of the categories listed in Ar…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-32

…is not made before the expiry of the period provided for in the third paragraph of article R. 623-31. The absence of a warning or any error contained therein shall not constitute grounds for the res…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12: On-street vehicle parking charges

Article R2333-120-15

…in the table in Annex II to this code.This report is presented to the deliberative assembly before 31 December. It is examined at the first meeting of the deliberative assembly following the submissi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Closing of the financial year and appropriation of profits.

Article R6145-44

…Director shall draw up the financial account and submit it to the Supervisory Board for approval by 31 May of the following financial year at the latest, accompanied by:1° A report drawn up by the Dir…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-33

…shareholders. Notwithstanding article L. 225-96 of the Commercial Code and 3° of article L. 214-24-31 of this Code, this meeting may be held without a quorum being required on first call. Notwithstan…

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