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Showing 27112720 of 2923 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 30 Nov. 2018 – no. 2018-749 QPC

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-9

…ions set by the merger agreement, subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Article L. 228-30.Unless the shareholders of the companies participating in the merger decide otherwise under the c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 796

…ation;11° Persons awarded the mention "Died in the service of the Republic" provided for in Article 30 of Law no. 2021-1520 of 25 November 2021 aimed at consolidating our civil security model and enha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 terdecies-0 A

…s 3°, when these mandates relate to these same payments.For statistical purposes, each year, before 30 April of the following year and in accordance with the conditions defined by joint order of the m…

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

Article 217 octies

…up to a percentage at least equal to that mentioned in the first paragraph of I of Article L. 214-30 of the Monetary and Financial Code. The assets of the fund, the société de libre partenariat or t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-164

…tions of the Autorité des marchés financiers.Where the company is governed by the provisions of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperative societies, the company mutual fund may…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-5

…la loi n° 2019-1461 du 27 décembre 2019 L. 2121-2 la loi n° 2013-403 du 17 mai 2013 L. 2121-2-1 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 L. 2121-3 to L. 2121-6 la loi n° 96-142 du 21 février 1996 L. 2121…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L311-4

…er of a radio or television service or its distributor, within the meaning of the loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 relative à la liberté de communication, which provides to a natural person, via re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 ter

…onomic Area;b) Take one of the forms listed in Part A of Annex I to Council Directive 2011/96/EU of 30 November 2011 on the common system of taxation applicable in the case of parent companies and sub…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Duties, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L812-8

…ncial Code. Nor does it prevent the liquidator appointed pursuant to articles L. 5122-25 to L. 5122-30 of the Transport Code or to carry out missions on behalf of the Agency for the Management and Rec…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-1

…123-2 of the same code, as well as the management of the IT service referred to in Article R. 123-30-9 of the same code;16° The recording and, where applicable, the storage and return of envelopes i…

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