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Showing 661670 of 66941 articles for Art. s. L 313-38 and R 313-22

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Striking off and withdrawal from the roll.

Article 382

Withdrawal from the roll shall be ordered when all parties make a written and reasoned request.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1c: Capital gains realised in the course of an agricultural, craft, commercial, industrial or liberal activity

Article 151 septies A

I. - Capital gains subject to the articles 39 duodecies to 39 quindecies, other than those mentioned in III, realised in the course of a commercial, industrial, craft, liberal or agricultural activity…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IX: Special arrangements applicable to taxable persons supplying services to non-taxable persons or carrying out distance sales of goods or certain domestic supplies of goods

Article 298 sexdecies H

I.-A. The following may avail themselves of this special scheme: 1° Any taxable person established on the territory of the European Union carrying out distance selling of goods imported from third ter…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IX: Special arrangements applicable to taxable persons supplying services to non-taxable persons or carrying out distance sales of goods or certain domestic supplies of goods

Article 298 sexdecies F

1. Any taxable person not established in the European Union who supplies services to a non-taxable person who is established in a Member State of the European Union, has his domicile or habitual resid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-38

The provisions of the Articles of Association relating to the holding of meetings exclusively by videoconference or by means of telecommunication provided for in Article L. 225-103-1 does not apply to…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

1. For the purposes of this Code, all goods the import or export of which is prohibited on any grounds whatsoever, or subject to restrictions, quality or packaging rules or special formalities, are de…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Total or partial withdrawal of parental authority and withdrawal of the exercise of parental authority

Article 381

Fathers and mothers whose parental authority has been totally withdrawn or whose rights have been withdrawn for one of the reasons set out in articles 378 and 378-1 may, by petition, obtain from the c…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Total or partial withdrawal of parental authority and withdrawal of the exercise of parental authority

Article 380

In pronouncing the total or partial withdrawal of parental authority or of the exercise of parental authority or custody rights, the court hearing the case shall, if the other parent is deceased or ha…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article R1612-22

The new decision of the municipal council, the departmental council, the regional council or the board of directors of the public institution, taken in accordance with the second paragraph of Article…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38

1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 33 ter, 40 to 43 bis and 151 sexies, taxable profit is net profit, determined on the basis of the overall results of operations of any kind carried out by comp…

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