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Showing 54615470 of 5635 articles for Art. 16 December 2009

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-47

…police agents of the national gendarmerie and police respectively mentioned in 2° to 4° of Article 16 and in article 20, customs and tax officials authorised to carry out judicial investigations, res…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 C

…ties mentioned in I of article 150-0 A may, if the proceeds of the disposal are invested, before 31 December of the year following that of the disposal, in a cash subscription to the capital of a comp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-14

…products intended for humans, article 60 of the amending finance law for 2000 (no. 2000-1353 of 30 December 2000) and article 14 of order no. 2005-1087 of 1 September 2005 relating to national public…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L421-1

…ing before 1 January 2013, the annuity increases provided for in Article 1 of Law no. 74-1118 of 27 December 1974 relating to the revaluation of certain annuities awarded in compensation for loss caus…

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

Article 220 quater A

…nts mentioned in the last paragraph of I.The redemption is carried out between 15 April 1987 and 31 December 1991.III. - The advantages provided for in I are no longer applicable from the year in whic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41

…cific, independent and autonomous means. III of Article 8 and Articles 10-1 and 12 to 13-1 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernisation of ec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4141-3

…sued by a Member State or a Member State Party, attesting to training commenced before 18 January 2016; h) Evidence of formal qualifications as a doctor issued by Spain attesting to training as a doct…

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

Article 1518 A quinquies

…8 and taken into account in the tax bases of La Poste, under the conditions provided for in Article 1635 sexies, is equal to the ratio between, on the one hand, the sum of the unrevised rental values…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1465 A

…ted from 1 January 2014 is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the Eur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe V

…cators mentioned below are established, unless otherwise indicated, for the financial year or at 31 December of the financial year concerned by the report and for the entire territory for which the lo…

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