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Showing 55015510 of 5995 articles for Art. 13 September 2017

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article D6122-38

…Health Agency may suspend the authorisation under the conditions laid down in II of Article L. 6122-13.The visit is carried out by at least two persons appointed by the Director General of the Regiona…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208

…pealed); 3° ter-Les sociétés immobilières de gestion visées à l'article 1er du decree no. 63-683 of 13 July 1963, for the fraction of their net profit that comes from the rental of their properties; 3…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency and to felonies

Article 706-73

…f the Criminal Code; 1° bis Crime of murder committed in concurrence, within the meaning of Article 132-2 of the Criminal Code, with one or more other murders ; 2° Crime of torture and acts of barbari…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-34-1

…edy the situation of a credit institution, an investment firm referred to in 2° of I of Article L. 613-34 or a finance company referred to in II of Article L. 613-34, the Autorité de contrôle prudenti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Departmental mining fee

Article 1587

…of sodium chloride content for salt extracted in solution by drilling and delivered in solution;- €136.20 per hundred net tonnes extracted for coal;- €1,731.50 per hundred net tonnes extracted, for c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Professional premises

Article 1498

…I is determined on the basis of the state of the rental market on the reference date of 1 January 2013, subject to the update provided for in III of article 1518 ter. It is obtained by applying a rate…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L366-2

…e; " 2° Subject to international conventions, proof of accommodation as provided for in article L. 313-1, if required, and the other documents provided for by decree in the Conseil d'Etat relating, on…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Deliberations of the Assize Court

Article 362

…affirmative answer on guilt, the president shall read out to the jurors the provisions of articles 130-1,132-1and 132-18 of the Penal Code; if the provisions of the first two paragraphs of Article 13…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Group governance system.

Article L356-18

…322-2 and L. 322-3-2 for undertakings governed by the Insurance Code, Articles L. 114-21 and L. 211-13 of the Mutual Code for mutuals and unions governed by the Mutual Code and articles L. 931-7-1 and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis ZA

…additional tax to the tax on commercial surfaces provided for by the article 3 of law no. 72-657 of 13 July 1972 instituting measures in favour of certain categories of elderly shopkeepers and craftsm…

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