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Showing 17611770 of 2166 articles for Art. 239 bis AB

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R6156-50

…ed in accordance with the conditions laid down in the third paragraph of Article R. 6156-48. In the absence of rectification, the list is considered as not having presented any candidate in the corres…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-25

…e as well as the dates, times and places of departure and arrival of these persons and, where applicable, any information in its possession relating to the baggage and goods transported. II ter. - The…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L5216-7

…art of a communauté d'agglomération, by the creation of this communauté, by the merger of public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation to form a communauté d'agglomération or by the transforma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 398-1

…accordance with the conditions laid down in the third paragraph of Article 398, when they are punishable by a sentence of less than or equal to five years' imprisonment:1° The offences listed below, p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-5

…the expiry date of the contract is deemed to be that stipulated in the last tacit renewal, if applicable. III -Sums denominated in foreign currencies are converted into euros by the insurance undertak…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Buildings financed by state-subsidised loans

Article 1384 A

…subsidies paid by the State, the National Agency for Urban Renewal, local authorities and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation, as well as subsidies or loans granted under the particip…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1639 A ter

I. - Deliberations taken with regard to business property tax by a public establishment of inter-communal cooperation prior to the date of the decision placing it under the tax regime of article 1609…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6314-4

…ollowing provisions:1° Natural persons whose tax domicile was, in the five years preceding their establishment in Saint-Martin, established in a department of metropolitan France or overseas France ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Initial registrations

Article R521-6

…rson whose guaranteed debt has been contracted on a non-professional basis, as well as, where applicable, their unique identification number supplemented, if necessary, by the words RCS followed by th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial acts

Article A743-9

I.-The services listed under numbers 1 to 38 of the table mentioned in article A. 743-8 give rise to the collection of the following fees: SERVICE NUMBER (table 2 of article appendix 4-7) SUB-CATEGORY…

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