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Showing 34713480 of 4064 articles for Art. 1133 · CA Chambéry 18 November 2003

French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic and optional exemptions

Article 1635 quater E

…s organes délibérants des communes ou des établissements publics de coopération intercommunale à fiscalité propre, les conseils départementaux et le conseil régional d'Ile-de-France peuvent exonérer d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-2

…sions of IV to VII. When the total annual amount of the two levies exceeds 1.6 billion euros, the Local Finance Committee may decide to set aside all or part of the amount exceeding this level in a de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-3

…provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the ad…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L734-3

I.- Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II and III, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table belo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the analysis of the group's resolvability

Article L613-43

I. - Where the College of Resolution is the resolution authority on a consolidated basis, it shall carry out the assessment referred to in I of Article L. 613-41 within the framework of the college of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies F

…in respect of financial years ending before 1 July 2009: 1° With food safety regulations, for those carrying on an industrial, commercial or craft business; 2° With health, safety, fire protection, an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-3

…ffences involving the endangerment of minors punishable by the articles 221-1 to 221-5, 222-1 à 222-18-1, 222-23 à 222-33-1, 223-1 à 223-10, 223-13, 224-1 à 224-5, 225-7 à 225-9, 225-12-1 à 225-12-4,2…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the preparation of preventive resolution plans

Article L311-8

…upervisory board. These plans provide for the resolution measures likely to be implemented, in application of section 6, when the conditions for triggering a resolution procedure mentioned in III of a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-4

…erred to in article L. 236-1 of the French Commercial Code involve transfers of contract portfolios carried out under the conditions provided for in article L. 384-3 of this Code, articles L. 228-65,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-5

…erson claimed, the public prosecutor presents him to the liberty and custody judge who orders his incarceration at the prison. However, if the judge considers that the person's representation at all s…

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