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Showing 15511560 of 2527 articles for Art. 25 févr. 1986

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Income tax deducted at source

Article 187

…d premiums referred to in 2° of article 118 and relating to securities issued on or after 1 January 1986;The rate provided for in 2° of l'article 219 bis, for dividends that benefit bodies that have t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1458

…cified by the decree provided for in the third paragraph of Article 1 of Law no. 86-897 of 1 August 1986 reforming the legal status of the press (1);2° Press agencies that appear on the list drawn up…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I

Article R961-1

…France pursuant to that directive.V. - The reference to Council Directive 86/635/EEC of 8 December 1986 on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of banks and other financial institutions is r…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mission to encourage the development of legal supply and to monitor the lawful and unlawful use of works and objects protected by copyright or neighbouring rights on electronic communications networks

Article L331-18

…ided for in this article in the report referred to in Article 18 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication.>

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-7-2

…the establishments mentioned in 1° of article 2 of the aforementioned law no. 86-33 of 9th January 1986, by order of the Director General of the National Management Centre, from a list containing at…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1142-1-1

…icle L. 1142-1 corresponding to a permanent impairment of physical or mental integrity of more than 25% determined by reference to the scale mentioned in II of the same article, as well as deaths caus…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-10

…inarticle 131-38 of the same code, as well as the penalties provided for in 2° to 4° of article 433-25 of the same code.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article L134-4

…basis of Book VI of the Commercial Code, Articles 2331 and 2377 of the Civil Code, Articles L. 310-25, L. 326-1 to L. 327-6 and L. 441-8 of this Code,Article L. 932-24 of the Social Security Code orA…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article L351-6

…erred to in articles L. 313-13 and L. 313-14" are deleted; 4° For the application of article L. 314-25, the words: "to L. 312-3" are replaced by the words: "and L. 312-2".

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-17

The articles L. 2511-9, L. 2511-10-1 à L. 2511-13, L. 2511-15 et L. 2511-17to L. 2511-23, the fourth paragraph of Article L. 2511-25, les articles L. 2511-26, L. 2511-28 to L. 2511-33 of this code and…

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