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Showing 791800 of 58651 articles for Art. Décret 2002-120 du 30-1-2002

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-30-2

The opening of safeguard, receivership or liquidation proceedings, as well as any enforcement proceedings and any equivalent legal proceedings opened under foreign law against an electronic money inst…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis WA

I. - Any person making the first purchase or taking delivery of fishery or aquaculture products shall pay a health fee for first placing on the market to the State.II. - This fee is based on the weigh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article L626-30-2

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article Annexe de l'article R. 122-30

…PROPOSALS FOR APPROPRIATE LICENCES ARE SUBMITTED TO MINISTERS I.-Minister responsible for national education -Centre national d'enseignement à distance (CNED) when it provides, on behalf of the State,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-30-6

For the processing of registration declarations and applications for authorisation or declarations prior to the exercise of the activity, the provisions of article R. 123-1 with the exception of 1° of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis MA

I. - A tax on certain advertising expenses is introduced with effect from 1 January 1998.II. - This tax is payable by any person liable to value added tax whose turnover for the previous calendar year…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-7

No variable remuneration is paid to the persons mentioned in 1° and 2° of Article L. 533-25 within an investment firm benefiting from exceptional public financial support. Variable remuneration paid t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis MB

…70,000 threshold mentioned in the first paragraph of III as well as the amounts above which the tax due is capped pursuant to the second paragraph of said III are adjusted pro rata temporis ; 2° On th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title IIa: Provisions common to direct taxes and turnover taxes

Article 302 septies B

I. - For tax purposes, the following constitute an element of the cost price of the land on which the building is erected:a. the fee paid, in respect of a given building, under the articles L 520-1 to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-30-2

Cross-border service providers send the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1, depending on their situation:1° Registration declarations intended for the tax services and social security bodies;2°…

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