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Showing 39713980 of 4064 articles for Art. 1133 · CA Chambéry 18 November 2003

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Legal regime

Article L5217-7

I. - Articles L. 5215-16 to L. 5215-18, L. 5215-21, L. 5215-26 to L. 5215-29, L. 5215-40 and L. 5215-42 are applicable to metropolitan areas. For the application of article L. 5211-17, the majority co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-2

…ponding storage operations, as defined by the good practices provided for in article L. 5121-5 applicable to this activity.For dressing items and articles presented as complying with the pharmacopoeia…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-2

…e Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as well as securities issued by the Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale instituted by Article 1 of Order no. 96-50 of 24 January…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-4

…professional to claim to be a signatory to a code of conduct when it is not; 2° To display a certificate, quality label or equivalent without having obtained the necessary authorisation; 3° To claim t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 octies : Activities created in defence restructuring zones

Article 44 terdecies

…me 3 ter, taxpayers who create activities during a period of six years starting on the date of publication of the decree provided for in the last paragraph of the same 3 ter or, if this second date is…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 septies : Companies located in employment areas to be revitalised

Article 44 duodecies

…planning and development are exempt from income tax or corporation tax on profits from activities located in the employment area and made until the end of the eighty-third month following the start of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Special schemes

Article 1594 F quinquies

…s five-year period, the purchaser or his successors in title are, subject to force majeure, automatically deprived of the benefit of the reduced rate for properties which they cease to operate or whic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-4

LIST OF MEDICINAL PRODUCTS AND MEDICAL DEVICES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES D. 4151-31 TO D. 4151-34Table I LIST OF THERAPEUTIC CLASSES OR MEDICINAL PRODUCTS AUTHORISED TO MIDWIVES FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL U…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2i: Companies located in rural regeneration areas

Article 44 quindecies

…ecember 2023, subject by right or by option to an actual taxation system for their results and that carry out an industrial, commercial or craft activity within the meaning of article 34 or profession…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138

…ng judge or the liberty and custody judge of any travel beyond determined limits ; 5° Report periodically to the services, authorised associations or authorities designated by the investigating judge…

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