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Showing 36413650 of 4521 articles for Art. 20 January 1987

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-26

I.-Without prejudice to Articles R. 356-20 to R. 356-20-3, the Solvency Capital Requirement of a subsidiary referred to in Article R. 356-24 is calculated in accordance with the provisions of this Art…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 duodecies A

…sing a useful life equal to that of the contract. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS CONCLUDED FROM JANUARY 1, 1996. Capital gains realised on the disposal of a leasing contract entered into under the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies D

…so a member.The provisions of this I are no longer applicable to investments made after 31 December 2003.II. - The allocation to provisions, deducted from the income for a financial year pursuant to t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L744-8

…e same table: Articles applicableIn the wording resulting fromL. 214-24-24 to L. 214-24-28Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 L. 214-24-29 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 214-24-30 Order no. 2013-67…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory sureties covered by the surety guarantee mechanism.

Article D313-26

…icle R. 141-2 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code; 7° Article 3 (2°) of law no. 70-9 of 2 January 1970 regulating the conditions under which certain activities relating to buildings and busi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-14

…ater than 10% of the revenue of the operating section in the case of a municipality with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants and 5% in other cases, the regional audit chamber, to which the State representat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-19-2

…g of the drinking water bill under the conditions provided for by articles L. 2224-12-4 and R. 2224-20-1, the volumes of water attributable to water leaks on the pipe after the meter are not included…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-3

…nce nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé in accordance with article L. 5124-20. For medicinal products other than investigational medicinal products and for the generators, kit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-6

I.-Until 31 December 2001, allocations from the Value Added Tax Compensation Fund are determined by applying a flat-rate compensation rate of 16.176% to actual investment expenditure, as defined by de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 61

…to sign the report, this is noted on the report. The judicial police officers designated in Article 20 may also hear, under the supervision of a judicial police officer, any persons likely to provide…

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