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Showing 37313740 of 3965 articles for Art. 17 avr. 1996

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 F

…medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Payment of tax

Article 1681 F

…tion of a small business within the meaning of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-4

…Ratio between the proportion of total recipients of housing benefit, as defined in article L. 2334-17, in the total number of dwellings in the department and this same proportion recorded for all the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: General provisions

Article L4221-5

…according to which the Chairman reports to the Regional Council on the exercise of this delegation;17° To authorise the special mandates that the members of the Regional Council may be required to ca…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-16

…ble to appeals against decisions taken in application of this Title;15° (Repealed) ;16° (Repealed) ;17° The competent administrative authority referred to in Article L. 5141-14-1, as well as the data…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article R743-13

…203-9n° 2016-1587 of 24 November 2016R. 214-204n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013R. 214-205n° 2020-1148 of 17 September 2020R. 214-206n° 2019-1172 of 14 November 2019R. 214-206-1n° 2016-1587 of 24 November 2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article R2314-1

…1 10 10 25 à 49 2 10 20 50 à 74 4 18 72 75 à 99 5 19 95 100 à 124 6 21 126 125 à 149 7 21 147 150 à 174 8 21 168 175 à 199 9 21 189 200 à 249 10 22 220 250 à 299 11 22 242 300 à 399 11 22 242 400 à 49…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Public declaration of interests

Article R1451-1

…L. 1451-1, the compliance officer referred to in II of article L. 1451-4 and in V of article L. 162-17-3 of the Social Security Code, shall submit the same declaration to the person appointing him. V.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quarantine and isolation measures

Article R3131-19

…t responsible for ordering the measures referred to in the first paragraph of II of article L. 3131-17 is the Prefect responsible for the place where the person entered national territory or arrived i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R6123-8

…eding an amount set by the Council's internal regulations; 16° the information systems master plan; 17° the appointment of statutory auditors; 18° Granting advances to organisations or companies whose…

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