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Showing 29512960 of 3281 articles for Art. 21 févr. 2019

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 00Ib: Electronic filing of returns

Article 1649 quater B quater

…income from consignment accounts, specific deposits and consigned securities ;3° In Article L. 138-21 of the Social Security Code, made on income subject to the levies mentioned in 1° and 2° of this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 13-9

ASBESTOS DETECTION PROGRAMMES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES R. 1334-20, R. 1334-21 AND R. 1334-22 List A mentioned in article R. 1334-20 COMPONENT TO BE PROBED OR CHECKED Flocking Insulation False ceilings…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLIX: Tax credit for low-income housing associations investing in new housing in overseas France

Article 244 quater X

…condition does not apply to housing benefiting from the subsidised loans defined in article D. 372-21 of the French Construction and Housing Code. However, in order to qualify for the tax credit, the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to minimum capital requirements and eligible commitments

Article R613-46-4

…r, where applicable, in accordance with the requirement set out in Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 multiplied by 12.5 ; 2° X2 = the sum of 18% of the total amount of risk exposure, calculat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-13

…classes of business carried on, in accordance with the following provisions: a) For classes 20 and 21 referred to in Articles R. 321-1 of this Code, R. 211-2 of the Mutual Code and R. 931-2-1 of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-8

…4-1 and L. 234-1 to L. 234-3 of the Internal Security Code and the article 17-1 of Law no. 95-73 of 21 January 1995 on security policy and programming. The decisions of the Public Prosecutor provided…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-14

…nsitional period, the terms of which shall be defined by the decree provided for in Article L. 1111-21. At the end of this transitional period, the digital health space is automatically opened, unless…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article L112-9

…aragraph of I are investigated and recorded by the agents mentioned in articles L. 511-3 and L. 511-21 of the Consumer Code, under the conditions set out in article L. 511-5 of this Code.Failure to re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: The economic, social and environmental database

Article L2312-36

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in article L. 2312-21, a regularly updated economic, social and environmental database brings together a range of information that the employer makes ava…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7

…special technical provision, to which the assets mentioned in the last paragraph of Article R. 441-21 are allocated and from which the benefits paid are deducted, in the event that the deductions fro…

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