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Showing 38113820 of 3891 articles for Art. 18 Mar 1993

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-9

…erception. The service includes locating the terminals, commissioning and providing a historical summary of the data supplied. Not applicable 17.50 per issue + €17.50 per month MS 16 Real-time deliver…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° septies: Tax reduction for property restoration in protected areas, run-down old districts and protected zones

Article 199 tervicies

…on for the expenses they incur for the complete restoration of a built building:1° - Located in a remarkable heritage site classified under Title III of Book VI of the Heritage Code:a) Either when the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1382

…er the same conditions as those set out in the first paragraph of 1°, properties belonging to major maritime and river-maritime ports.3° Works established for the distribution of drinking water and be…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 B

…the council of the community resulting from the merger, formulated by a deliberation taken before 1 March 2010, equal to the sum of the amounts of relay compensation of each of the public establishmen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office.

Article D2573-8

…to XV. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM R. 2123-1 and R. 2123-2 Decree no. 2000-318 of 7 April 2000 R. 2123-3 and R. 2123-4 Decree no. 2003-836 of 1st September 2003R. 2123-5Decree…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
ANNEX TO BOOK IV

Article

…n artistic dossier comprising the following elements: a) A brief summary of the proposed work (Three lines maximum); b) The screenplay for fiction and animation or the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L4211-1

…cial Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Fund, laying down general provisions on the European Regional Develop…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART THREE

Article Annexe 31-2

…rsonal belongings of homeless people; 17° Recovery of used equipment and treatment of septic waste; 18° Installing distributors of prevention materials. On-site analysis of products, which only makes…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-27

…onsidered to be one of the most significant in the audit and is therefore a key audit matter;- a summary of the auditor's responses to address that risk.Where relevant to the description made, the sta…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis

1. Entitled to a tax reduction are payments made by companies subject to income tax or corporation tax for the benefit of:a) Works or organisations of general interest of a philanthropic, educational,…

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