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Showing 201210 of 64391 articles for Art. s. L. 145-40-2 + R. 145-35

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Non-voting preference shares.

Article L228-35-2

Non-voting preferred shares may also be created under the conditions set out in articles L. 228-35-3 to L. 228-35-11, subject to the provisions of articles L. 225-122 to L. 225-126.

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

Article L214-24-40

…a period of six financial years, after obtaining the approval of the Autorité des marchés financiers. The appointment of an alternate auditor is not required. Fund unitholders shall exercise the righ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Leasing transactions with lessors other than SICOMIs

Article 239 sexies B

…ut the terms and conditions for applying the provisions of this article and the reporting obligations. (Cf. Instruction 1996-10-23 4H-4-96.)

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 Z septies

…it of the following legal entities: 1° Organismes d'habitations à loyer modéré mentioned in article L. 411-2 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation, sociétés d'économie mixte mentioned in a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Paternity and childcare leave.

Article L1225-35-2

…is treated as a period of actual work for the purposes of determining the employee's seniority rights. The employee retains all the benefits he acquired before the start of the leave.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2° bis: Tax credit for expenditure on audiovisual and cinematographic creation, royalties paid to collective management organisations and remuneration paid directly to authors

Article 220 sexies A

…when it falls into the following categories: a) Remuneration paid to broadcasters for their services. a) Remuneration paid to authors of cinematographic or audiovisual works listed in Article L. 113-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency.

Article L5211-40-2

…nied, where applicable, by the summary explanatory note mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 2121-12. They are also sent the reports mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 2312-1 an…

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

Article L214-24-35

…the initiative of a management company, which manages the fund. This company draws up the fund rules. Subscribing to or acquiring units in a fonds commun de placement implies acceptance of the fund r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of economic and financial offences

Article R50 sexies

…ake an oath in these terms before the court of appeal referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 50 quater: "I swear to maintain the secrecy of information on judicial cases and on the actions o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: System applicable to investment gold.

Article 298 sexdecies D

For the supplies mentioned in 1 and 2 of article 298 sexdecies B, the tax is paid by the recipient. However, the seller is jointly and severally liable for payment of the tax.

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