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Showing 30913100 of 47859 articles for Art. 151 septies · CE plén. 13 June 2018 n° 401942 · CE 17 May 1995 · CE 26 September 2018 · CE 28 April 2006 · CAA Paris 9 November 2011 · BOI-BIC-PVMV-40-10-10-10 et -20

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 16: Medical activity

Article R6123-151

I. - The type of patients cared for, adults or children and adolescents, is specified in the application for authorisation and mentioned in the authorisation decision. If the authorisation decision re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents.

Article R123-151

Requests submitted to registrars may relate to: 1° Individual files or a group of files; in the second case, they correspond to the search criteria defined by the order provided for in Article R. 123-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Periodic updating of the rental value of built and unbuilt properties

Article 1518 ter

I. - In the interval between two updates provided for in III, the rates defined in 2 of B of II of Article 1498 are updated by the tax authorities on the basis of changes in rents recorded in the decl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A

…irports and for facilities designed to combat water and atmospheric pollution that are subject to exceptional depreciation under the articles 39 quinquies E and 39 quinquies F.As from 1 January 1991,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Neurosurgery

Article D6124-135

…ions of this sub-section are applicable to the neurosurgery activities mentioned in article R. 6123-96, with the exception of those mentioned in article R. 6123-99.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-151

The clerks of the commercial courts may, before proceeding with the acts of their department, require from the party requesting the acts or formalities a sufficient advance for the payment of the cost…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Nature of the tests leading to the award of the first and second level state diploma for sports instructors and reserved for candidates who are or have been high-level sportsmen and sportswomen.

Article A212-151

The brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif du premier degré and the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif du deuxième degré may be awarded to candidates who are or have been top-level sportsmen and sportswomen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Flat-rate tax on network companies

Article 1519 G

…uies applies to electrical transformers under the public electricity transmission and distribution networks within the meaning of the Energy Code.II. - The flat-rate tax is payable by the owner of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI ter : Determination of income realised by companies on the disposal of certain fixed-income securities

Article 238 septies F

…f article 120 and to Article 1678 bis as well as treasury bills on formulas and entered on the balance sheet of a company at the close of the first financial year opened as from 1 January 1993, the re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Deductions

Article 273 septies A

Value added tax relating to purchases, imports, intra-Community acquisitions, deliveries and services carried out from 1 January 1993 ceases to be excluded from the right to deduct in respect of vehic…

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