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Showing 34013410 of 50871 articles for Art. 1341-2 · Cass. com. 12 January 1988

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 257

I. - Transactions contributing to the production or supply of immovable property are subject to value added tax under the following conditions.1. The following are treated in the same way as tangible…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article L2113-22

…allocations received in 2019 under each of these three fractions.During the three years following 1 January of the year of their creation, new communes whose creation order was issued between 2 Januar…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: The audit incident.

Article 291

If necessary, the judge shall order the personal appearance of the parties, if necessary in the presence of a consultant, or any other investigative measure.He may hear the alleged author of the conte…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 262

…the journey outside mainland France;11° bis The carriage of goods to or from the Azores or Madeira ;12° Deliveries of gold to issuing institutes;13°, 13° bis, 13° ter (Repealed by Law 95-1347);14° Ser…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Farmers

Article 298 quater

…xports of agricultural products.Ia. - The rate of the flat-rate refund is set for sales made from 1 January 2014:1° At 5.59% for milk, farmyard animals, eggs, animals for slaughter and charcuterie def…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: People's savings plan

Article L221-21

…terest. These provisions apply to agreements signed by these establishments with the State before 1 January 1997 for sums paid from 1 January 1997.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Grants and subsidies

Article L2564-29

Article L. 2335-3 shall apply in Mayotte from 1 January 2014.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 201

The investigating chamber may, in all cases, at the request of the public prosecutor, one of the parties or even of its own motion, order any additional information that it deems useful. It may also,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Book IV: Securities

Article 2287

The provisions of this Book shall not prevent the application of the rules laid down in the event of the opening of safeguard, legal redress or legal liquidation proceedings or in the event of the ope…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recruitment.

Article R4623-2

…pplication ofarticle 28 of law no. 98-535 of 1st July 1998 orarticle 189 of law no. 2002-73 of 17th January 2002 on social modernisation; 3° Hold a qualification in occupational health and risk preven…

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