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Showing 19711980 of 4521 articles for Art. 20 January 1987

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Access to premises and means of transport

Article L512-6

When the premises mentioned in article L. 512-5 are also for residential use, checks may only be carried out between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. and, if the occupant objects, with the authorisation of the liber…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Authorising officer's accounts (R)

Article D3342-6

…the mandates and supporting documents for expenditure, indicated in articles D. 1617-19 and D. 1617-20, to the issue slips that he sends to the department's accounting officer, who must check them wit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Authorising officer's accounts

Article D4342-6

…the mandates and supporting documents for expenditure, indicated in articles D. 1617-19 and D. 1617-20, to the issue slips that he sends to the region's accounting officer, who must check them within…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Accounting

Article D5217-32

…the mandates and supporting documents for expenditure, indicated in articles D. 1617-19 et D. 1617-20, to the issue slips that he sends to the accounting officer of the metropolitan authority, who mu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 7: Liquidation procedures other than safeguard and legal redress

Article A743-15

…s 585.17 6 to 19 employees Less than €750,000 1,226.06 € Greater than or equal to €750,000 1,382.09 20 to 150 employees Less than €3,000,000 2,329.49 € Greater than or equal to €3,000,000 2,875.64 Mor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L752-2

…hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 312-1 Law no. 2021-1774 of 24 December 2021 L. 312-1-1 A and L. 312-1-1 B Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 312-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L753-2

…t-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 312-1 Law no. 2021-1774 of 24 December 2021 L. 312-1-1 A and L. 312-1-1 B Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 312-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-8

…the first paragraph of Article 6 of Law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983 supplementing Law no. 83-8 of 7 January 1983 relating to the division of powers between communes, départements, regions and the Stat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Farmers

Article 298 quater

…xports of agricultural products.Ia. - The rate of the flat-rate refund is set for sales made from 1 January 2014:1° At 5.59% for milk, farmyard animals, eggs, animals for slaughter and charcuterie def…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Aa: Correction applied to allowances when the departmental share of property tax on built-up properties is transferred to the communes

Article 1518 quater

…pectively for the municipality and the department, of the abatement rate by the tax rate applied in 2020 on the territory of the municipality; 2° On the other hand, the sum of the property tax rates o…

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