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Showing 38413850 of 4740 articles for Art. 257 bis · CJUE 27 November 2003

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Common provisions.

Article D6124-478

…of the rooms are such that there is at least :1° A surface area of 9 square metres and a volume of 27 cubic metres in single rooms ;2° A surface area of 17 square metres and a volume of 50 cubic metr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Secondment.

Article R6152-51

…mandate does not allow the normal performance of service obligations as defined in articles R. 6152-27 and R. 6152-28 ; 5° Secondment as a university hospital practitioner, under the conditions provid…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-14

…of the right or the beneficiary of the exclusive right of exploitation, notwithstanding Article 59 bis of the Customs Code. This information may also be communicated prior to the implementation of th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Customs detention

Article L716-8

…of the right or the beneficiary of the exclusive right of exploitation, notwithstanding Article 59 bis of the Customs Code. This information may also be communicated before the detention measure prov…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 210 B

…ting company complies with the rules and conditions set out in the third and fourth paragraphs of 7 bis of the article 38. The same applies, on the one hand, to contributions of shareholdings giving t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 300

…een those relating to a service provided in France, within the meaning of II and III of Article 299 bis of this Code and, where applicable, those excluded from the tax base pursuant to the second para…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Additional tax on undeveloped property

Article 1519 I

…l cooperation with their own taxation under the conditions provided for in articles 1379 and 1379-0 bis, for the following properties:1° quarries, slate quarries, sand pits;2° building plots, private…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12: Uncooperative platform operators

Article 1740 D

…of:1° The tax for which the operator is jointly and severally liable pursuant to IV of Articles 283 bis ou 293 A ter. The formal notice provided for in IV of the same articles 283 bis or 293 A ter men…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Levy on income from capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125-0 A

…ed to in the fourth paragraph of this 1° applies first to products attached to premiums paid before 27 September 2017, then, for products attached to premiums paid from that same date and where the op…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-10

…n to the financing of this project.Without prejudice to the application of the article 9 of law no. 2003-710 of 1 August 2003 d'orientation et de programmation pour la ville et la rénovation urbaine',…

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