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Showing 51215130 of 5384 articles for Art. 17 January 2020

French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter B

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-23

…oducts appearing on one of the lists mentioned in the first and second paragraphs of article L. 162-17 of the Social Security Code, this substitution is carried out under the conditions provided for i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R444-2

…espectively; > "Regulated activity": the activities of a profession that are subject to regulation. 17° "Regulated activity": the proportion of the activity of the professionals in a profession remune…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Compulsory prior administrative appeal

Article R2333-120-14

…fied payment notice is drawn up is subject to automated processing within the meaning of Act no. 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés, il est indiqué la poss…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable companies and local authorities.

Article 206

…ons mentioned in the first paragraph become liable for the corporation tax provided for in 1 from 1 January of the year in which one of the three conditions provided for in the aforementioned paragrap…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2

…ter than or equal to 10,000 euros, as well as in 2°, 4°, 5° and 8° ofarticle 1 of law no. 70-9 of 2 January 1970 regulating the conditions for carrying out activities relating to certain transactions…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transformation and merger.

Article L5211-41-3

…e financial and asset conditions provided for in the fourth and fifth paragraphs of Article L. 5211-17.The public establishment resulting from the merger is automatically substituted, for the exercise…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: Equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article L221-32-2

…anies or companies with equivalent status and equity securities in companies governed by law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperatives;c) Bonds convertible or redeemable into shar…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
APPENDIX TO BOOK II

Article

…rovisions of the decree of 21 May 1992 taken for the application of article 6 of decree n° 90-66 of 17 January 1990 laying down the general principles concerning the distribution of cinematographic an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Local electronic communications networks and services

Article L1425-2

…ster plan for digital development includes mountain areas, within the meaning of law no. 85-30 of 9 January 1985 on the development and protection of mountains, the preparation of this strategy is man…

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