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Showing 60716080 of 6891 articles for Art. 12 January 1993

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional obligations

Article R422-55-1

…he Minister responsible for industrial property. Industrial property attorneys shall declare, by 31 January each year at the latest, to the company the actions carried out for the purpose of fulfillin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 22: Materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs

Article R412-38

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 5 and 15 to 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 Octobe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ca: Correction applied to allowances when property tax on built-up properties is transferred

Article 1388-0

…d the department applied in 2020 in the municipality; II. II.-For business premises existing on 1st January 2020 and valued in application of article 1498, for the application of I of this article, th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1463 B

…development zones defined in II of the same Article 44 septdecies that they have created between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023, from the year following that of their creation.For seven years fr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1463 A

…area to be boosted defined in II of the same Article 44 sexdecies that they have created between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2023, from the year following that of their creation.For seven years fr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Tax on hydrocarbon exploration

Article 1590

…e to these same taxes. V. - The tax is due for the entire year in respect of licences existing on 1 January.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Departmental fund

Article 1648 A

…paid in 2021. In respect of 2023, the amount to be paid is equal to the amount paid in 2022.From 2012, the overall amount mentioned in the first paragraph is divided between the departmental funds in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Va: Dation in payment

Article 1716 bis

…y if they have come into his possession by gratuitous transfer.II. - (Repealed with effect from 1st January 1996).

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux (rural amenities grant)

Article L2334-37

…ors elected in the department when it has fewer than five members of parliament. With effect from 1 January 2018, where the département has five or more members of parliament, two deputies and two sen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Publicity and entry into force

Article L3131-2

…mporary or seasonal increase in activity, pursuant to 1° and 2° of article 3 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service ;6° Requisition orders for…

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