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Showing 16911700 of 53767 articles for Art. 2 mai 1986

French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Invoices

Article 289

…er taxable person, or for a non-taxable legal person, and which are not exempt pursuant to Articles 261 to 261 E ;b. For the supplies of goods referred to in Article 258 A and for the supplies of good…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-2

…ce cover, provided that this contract was taken out before the entry into force of deliberation no. 2020/CA/11 of 29 May 2020 or that the work concerned is produced as part of a co-production mentione…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pledges on immovable property.

Article 2384

…immovable property are extinguished in particular:1° By the extinction of the principal obligation;2° By the early restitution of the immovable property to its owner.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subtitle II: Security interests in movable property

Article 2329

Security interests in movable property are: 1° Movable liens; 2° Pledges of tangible movables; 3° Pledges of intangible movables; 4° Ownership retained or assigned as security.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 214

…transactions with members and distributed to the latter in proportion to the order of each of them; 2° In the case of sociétés coopératives de production, the share of net profits which is distributed…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers

Article L2334-26

From 1986 onwards, communes receive a special allocation, deducted from State revenue, to cover the costs they incur in housing teachers.This allocation changes each year in line with the overall oper…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 201

The investigating chamber may, in all cases, at the request of the public prosecutor, one of the parties or even of its own motion, order any additional information that it deems useful. It may also,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Persons liable for payment of the tax

Article 284

…person who has been authorised to receive goods or services duty free, tax suspended under article 277 A or under the benefit of a reduced rate is liable to pay the tax or the additional tax, where t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The date on which divorce takes effect

Article 260

…nt concluded by private deed countersigned by lawyers, on the date on which it becomes enforceable; 2° By the decision granting the divorce, on the date on which it becomes res judicata.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: International cooperation and information exchange

Article D784-21

…right-hand column of the same table:Articles applicableIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 632-1-1n° 2007-904 of 15 May 2007D. 632-1No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 632-4no. 2008-1480 of 30…

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