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Showing 17211730 of 1864 articles for Art. 28 avr. 1998

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Consumer credit

Article L351-3

…2-19 et L. 312-20 Resulting from law no. 2017-203 of 21 February 2017 L. 312-21 to L. 312-27 L. 312-28 and L. 312-29 Resulting from Order no. 2017-1433 of 4 October 2017 L. 312-30 Resulting from Order…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-22

…tatus of Corsica, calculated in accordance with 3° of B of IX of article 60 of law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finance for 2020 ;4° bis The fraction of excise duty on tobacco mentioned in Art…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Periodic updating of the rental value of built and unbuilt properties

Article 1518 bis

…buildings not covered by article 1500 and at 1.01 for all other built properties; r. In respect of 1998, to 1 for non-built properties and for industrial buildings not covered by article 1500 and 1.0…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Transfers of charges and income between the Rhône department and the Lyon metropolitan authority

Article L3663-9

…sation provided for in I of D of Article 44 of the Finance Law for 1999 (no. 98-1266 of 30 December 1998) taken into account corresponds to the amount received by the Rhône department in 2014 affected…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article R950-1

…f 12 February 2020 Articles R. 123-6 to R. 123-27Decree No. 2007-431 of 27 March 2007Article R. 123-28Decree No. 2007-1851 of 26 December 2007 Article R. 123-29Decree No. 2007-431 of 27 March 2007Arti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31

…d in France, acquired new or in a future state of completion between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1998 and at the taxpayer's request, a depreciation deduction equal to 10% of the purchase price of t…

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

Article 125-0 A

…married taxpayers subject to joint taxation on the sum of taxable income acquired as from 1 January 1998, or recorded as from the same date for unit-linked bonds or contracts referred to in second par…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81

…y Code; 9° septies (Repealed); 10° Life annuities paid under article 96 of the law of 30 December 1928, article 5 of the law of 17 September 1932, article 1 of the law of 1 October 1936 and article 6…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56

…the officials and agents acting under the conditions provided for in the third paragraph of Article 28 and those to whom he may have recourse pursuant to Article 60, the right to inspect papers, docum…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Services provided by an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L370-4

…e L. 612-15 and of the last paragraph of Article L. 612-43 and, where applicable, of Article L. 612-28 of the Monetary and Financial Code shall apply. The AMF may decide to postpone its decision until…

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