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Showing 8190 of 62298 articles for Art. 1231-1 et 1231-5 · CA Versailles 20 April 1995 · Cass. 2e civ. 10 July 2003 · Cass. 1re civ. 11 September 2013 n° 12-24.812

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: National tattoo product vigilance system.

Article R513-10-12

When the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé makes a reasoned request, the person responsible for placing the product on the market shall send h…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Regime for the press and its suppliers

Article 298 nonies

…x becomes chargeable when the advance payment or the price is collected in respect of sales of publications designated in article 298 septies as well as sales of paper by companies involved in buildin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2c: Marine fishing companies

Article 44 nonies

The taxable profits of small-scale fishermen, subject to a real tax regime, who set up for the first time between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2010, are determined, for the first sixty months of act…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-12

The accumulated result defined in article D. 71-111-11 is allocated, in the case of a surplus:1° As a priority, to reserves to cover the financing requirement of the investment section arising at the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVII ter: Taxation of real estate investment funds

Article 239 nonies

…agraph 2 of paragraph 1 of sub-section 3 of section 2 of Chapter IV of Title I of Book II of the Monetary and Financial Code.II. - 1. The taxable income and profits referred to in I of article L. 214-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Importation of faeces and faecal microbiota preparations

Article R513-11-10

I. - The importation of faeces and faecal microbiota preparations may only be authorised when these products are not available in sufficient quantities on national territory to cover patients' needs.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article R212-10-11

I.-The Minister for Youth and the Minister for Sport draw up the specifications provided for in article R. 212-10-9. These specifications include 1° General clauses relating to the training body's abi…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2b: Debt collection disputes

Article 349 nonies

Any dispute relating to the recovery of sums in application of this code must be addressed to the accounting officer responsible for recovery within two months of notification of the debt recovery act…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 N

…icle 244 quater M is deducted from the corporation tax payable by the company under the conditions set out in article 199 ter L.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII : Taxation of capital gains on the disposal of building land

Article 238 nonies

When the purchaser is a public authority, the capital gain realised on the disposal of undeveloped land or a similar asset within the meaning of A of article 1594-0 G may, for income tax or corporatio…

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