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Showing 48414850 of 5995 articles for Art. 13 September 2017

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-49

…€4,305,000 and less than or equal to €6,150,000.II. - For the period between 11 August 2021 and 28 September 2021, the rates are increased by :- 30% when the amount of revenue generated by feature fi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Residential and business premises

Article 1496

…e of premises rented on 1st January 1974 under the rent regulation system established by law no. 48-1360 of 1 September 1948 as amended, is the lower of the following two figures: Either the rental va…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Payment of business property tax and additional taxes

Article 1681 quater A

…odification of the amount of the latter. In either case, the request, which cannot be made after 30 September each year, must specify the presumed amount of the taxes and must be made to the tax autho…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: Business formalities centres

Article A123-3

…PAdES as referred to in Articles 1 and 2 of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) No 2015/1506 of 8 September 2015 laying down specifications for the formats of advanced electronic signatures and adva…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-2-1

…the first paragraph of article R. 822-2 send to the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, by 30 September at the latest, a file in duplicate comprising: 1° All official documents proving their ide…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Charges for the removal of waste, refuse and residues, charges for the removal of household refuse from campsites and special charges

Article L2333-76

…l cooperation and mixed syndicates that benefit from the competence provided for in article L. 2224-13 may introduce a fee for the removal of household waste calculated on the basis of the service pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1521-2-2

…411 of 27 March 2002 relating to health and social protection in Mayotte andorder no. 2006-1588 of 13 December 2006 relating to the system of prevention, compensation and pricing of accidents at work…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 262

…he carriage of goods to or from the Azores or Madeira ;12° Deliveries of gold to issuing institutes;13°, 13° bis, 13° ter (Repealed by Law 95-1347);14° Services relating to the importation of goods in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 279

…ustomers in order to receive the television services mentioned in article 2 of law n° 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to freedom of communication.b nonies. Admission fees for cultural, recreatio…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article R761-5

…ion of Decree No. 2018-1159 of 14 December 2018 taken for the application of Law No. 2018-778 of 10 September 2018 for controlled immigration, an effective right of asylum and successful integration a…

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