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Showing 40414050 of 5203 articles for Art. 14 juin 1983

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article D6313-2

…IV shall apply to Saint-Martin under the following conditions:1° For the application of Articles R. 1421-9 et R. 1421-14, the archives of the collectivity of Saint-Martin are assimilated to the archiv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-20

I. - The money market instruments referred to in 5° of I of article R. 214-32-18 are : 1° Issued or guaranteed by : a) A Member State of the European Union or another State party to the Agreement on t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-29

…hen the counterparty is a credit institution mentioned in the second paragraph of II of article R. 214-32-28 and 5% in other cases. II. - As an exception to the 5% limit set in 1° of I, a general purp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 235 ter ZE bis

…atios or the adequate level of own funds provided for in I of Article L. 511-41 and articles L. 522-14 and L. 533-2 of the same code, are subject to a tax to finance the support fund created by Articl…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2651-2

…replaced by a reference to locally applicable provisions having the same purpose;6° In article L. 2141-1, the references to articles 1741 to 1743, 1746 and 1747 of the General Tax Code are replaced b…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2681-2

…replaced by a reference to locally applicable provisions having the same purpose;6° In Article L. 2141-1, the references to articles 1741 to 1743, 1746 and 1747 of the General Tax Code are replaced b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 207

…peration;3° bis. When they operate in accordance with the provisions of loi n° 83-657 du 20 juillet 1983 relative au développement de certaines activités d'économie sociale, les coopératives artisanal…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Right of communication specific to the customs administration.

Article 65 quinquies

In order to establish the offences referred to in Articles 414, 414-2, 415 and 459, to gather evidence thereof and to seek out the perpetrators, accomplices and those who participated as interested pa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 220 S

The tax credit defined in article 220 quindecies is deducted from the corporation tax due by the company in respect of the financial year during which the expenses defined in III of the same article 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-23

Within the limits of the services that it is authorised to provide within the territory of a Member State other than France, where it has its registered office, any financial institution that has obta…

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