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Showing 32513260 of 3358 articles for Art. 18 déc. 2001

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Legal regime

Article L5217-7

I. - Articles L. 5215-16 to L. 5215-18, L. 5215-21, L. 5215-26 to L. 5215-29, L. 5215-40 and L. 5215-42 are applicable to metropolitan areas. For the application of article L. 5211-17, the majority co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Distribution of resources

Article 1379-0 bis

…publication of the aforementioned law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 which rejected before 31 December 2001 the application, as of 1 January 2002, of article 1609 nonies C;2° Communities of communes with…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31

…d before 1 January 1999;2. The construction of the dwellings must have been completed before 1 July 2001.For the application of the provisions of the eleventh to thirteenth paragraphs, taxpayers must…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-4

…aim of inducing the consumer to acquire it on less favourable terms than normal market conditions; 18° Stating, as part of a commercial practice, that a competition is being organised or that a prize…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 octies : Activities created in defence restructuring zones

Article 44 terdecies

…e benefit of the exemption 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…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 septies : Companies located in employment areas to be revitalised

Article 44 duodecies

…e benefit of the exemption 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…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Special schemes

Article 1594 F quinquies

…er up to a total value not exceeding €99,000.F. Sales resulting from the application of articles L. 181-18 to L. 181-24 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime relative à la mise en valeur agricole…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-4

…0.9% isotonic sodium chloride solutions; - 10% calcium gluconate solutions; - Ringer's solutions. 18° Oxytocics and analogues. 19° Oxygen. 20° Medication to block lactation. 21° Equimolecular mixtur…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2i: Companies located in rural regeneration areas

Article 44 quindecies

…the first paragraph of this I only applies to businesses created or taken over until 31 December 2018.Profits are only subject to income tax or corporation tax for one quarter, one half or three quar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138

…uple provided for in Article 138-3 and controlled by a mobile electronic anti-rapprochement device; 18° Comply with the conditions of health, social, educational or psychological care, designed to ena…

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