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Showing 20512060 of 4433 articles for Art. 14 Dec 1989

French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions relating to investment in leisure property.

Article D421-3

…tial tourist villages or intended for rental as furnished accommodation, referred to in article 199 decies F of the General Tax Code, cited in article L. 421-3-1, are set out in article 46 AGG of Anne…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis HO

…he purposes of income tax or corporation tax, cash subscriptions made between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2010 to the capital of companies subject to corporation tax under the conditions of ordinar…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article R733-6

…33-4 et L. 733-7. This letter also mentions the provisions of articles L. 733-8, L. 733-9 et L. 733-14. In the event that the provisions of 3° of Article L. 733-1 or Article L. 733-4 are applied, it s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1640 H

For the application of articles 1609 nonies C, 1636 B sexies, 1636 B decies, 1638-0 bis, 1638 and 1638 quater to communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax sy…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General privileges

Article 2331

Other than those provided for by special laws, privileged claims on the generality of movables are: 1° Legal costs, on condition that they have benefited the creditor against whom the lien is asserted…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Associate midwives

Article R6152-545

…ed by reference to the indexed salary of midwives in the normal class governed by the provisions of decree no. 89-611 of 1st September 1989 on the special status of midwives in the hospital civil serv…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 H

…red by first-time buyers who have taken out state-subsidised loans (PAP) between 1 July 1981 and 31 December 1984 and who are unable to meet their repayments, when the first-time buyers who sell these…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 163-0 A bis

For the taxation of the benefits mentioned in article 80 decies, the total amount paid is divided by the number of years for which the contributions were deducted. The result is added to the net overa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Planning and sustainable development

Article L4424-26

…share of all State aid received for the same purpose by the region of Corsica during 1987, 1988 and 1989. The Assembly of Corsica, on the proposal of the Executive Council, may, in addition, grant sub…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-29

…ticles 1 to 7a of Regulation (EEC) No 2136/89 of the Council of the European Communities of 21 June 1989, as amended, laying down common marketing standards for preserved sardines; > The provisions of…

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