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Showing 29913000 of 47419 articles for Art. 201 3 bis · CE 5 January 1948 · CE 27 January 1986 · CAA Nantes 16 December 1992 · CE 8 December 1986

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 B

A fixed contribution of €8 shall be levied for any amending or supplementary forms filed pursuant to paragraph 3 of article 34 of decree n° 55-1350 of 14 October 1955 taken for the application of decr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tax base

Article 1635 quater H

The development tax base is made up of: 1° The product of the surface area of the building by the value per square metre of this surface area, set at a flat rate of €885 for municipalities outside the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-8

I.-Without prejudice to its right to apply to the administrative court pursuant to articles L. 521-1, L. 521-2 or L. 521-3 of the Code of Administrative Justice, any person detained in a prison in app…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automated processing of personal data known as "Therapeutic Use Exemptions for Sportsmen and Sportswomen".

Article R232-85-8

The information and personal data recorded in the automated processing may not be kept for more than eighteen months from the expiry of the period of validity of the authorisation. However, in the eve…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Declaration by operators of electronic contact platforms

Article 1649 ter A

…carry out, directly or indirectly, transactions involving the sale of goods, the provision of services by natural persons, the rental of a means of transport or the rental of real estate of any kind,…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Lapse of sums held in an automatic account

Article 123-8

…sted by the account holder within one of the time limits set as follows for each category of aid concerned:1° In the case of automatic financial support for the production of feature films, within fiv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Savings and provident institutions

Article L512-87

…gs and provident institutions are cooperative societies, subject to the provisions of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of the cooperative society and of book II of the French Commerc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Savings and provident institutions

Article L512-89

…f a bank resolution or court-ordered liquidation of a savings and provident institution, the net proceeds of share subscriptions available on the members' current accounts held by the local savings co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Savings and provident institutions

Article L512-88

The caisses d'épargne et de prévoyance are credit institutions and may, notwithstanding the provisions of article 3 of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, carry out all…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions.

Article R511-16-4

I. - With effect from financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2014, the persons referred to in II of Article L. 511-45 shall draw up a table grouping together the information relating to their…

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