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Showing 3140 of 3446 articles for Art. 21 déc. 2017

French General Tax CodeIn force
11° bis : Tax reduction for investment in leisure property

Article 199 decies G bis

…of expenses actually incurred for the work mentioned in II of this article, adopted from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2019 at a general meeting of co-owners in application of Act no. 65-557 du 10 ju…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-21

…g or having performed a clinical investigation in breach of Articles 63 to 66 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 and Article L. 1121-6, is pun…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-21

…e years. II - Legal entities found to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out inarticle 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offence defined in article L. 1126-20 shall incur, in addi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-21

French nationality may be conferred by naturalisation on a proposal from the Minister of Foreign Affairs on any French-speaking foreigner who applies for it and who contributes by his or her outstandi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 211-21

The President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may grant exemptions from the 50% threshold for public financial aid, up to a maximum of 60%, for difficult or low-budget cinematogr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 212-21

To be eligible for screenwriting grants, authors must, depending on the case :1° When writing a first screenplay, provide evidence of having written, in the ten years preceding the year of application…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Retention period for data entered in the register and procedures for deleting them

Article R53-21-21

The public prosecutor or the public prosecutor informs the administrative department without delay of the decision to discontinue proceedings, except in cases where this decision is based on the premi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions.

Article 218

The judge conducting the investigation may, of his own motion or at the request of the parties, summon or hear any person whose testimony he deems useful in ascertaining the truth.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions.

Article 213

The judge may hear or question witnesses on all facts the proof of which is admitted by law, even if these facts would not be indicated in the decision prescribing the enquiry.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions.

Article 219

The depositions are recorded in minutes. However, if they are taken during the debates, only the names of the persons heard and the result of their depositions shall be mentioned in the judgment where…

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