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Showing 26212630 of 2748 articles for Art. 29 Mar 1996

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-8

…the procedures for the territorialisation of resources.For the application of I of Article L. 5211-29: 1° The amounts collected or borne by the territorial public establishments and the City of Paris…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-47

…execution of a European Investigation Order or a request made under Article 18 of the Convention of 29 May 2000 on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article R511-2-1-1

…e, or by the Agence nationale de la recherche (National Research Agency) referred to in article L. 329-1 of the Research Code, or by the Banque publique d'investissement (Public Investment Bank) refer…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1636 B octies

…for the development of urban areas in the so-called "fifty not geometrical" zone in Guadeloupe and Martinique are divided between property taxes, the council tax on second homes and other furnished p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Income from securities issued outside France and similar income

Article 123 bis

…reement on recovery with a scope similar to that provided for by Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16 March 2010 on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, taxes, duties and othe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-5

…ded for in Article 6(2) of Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the establishment of standards of quality and safety for donations, the procurement, t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 quatervicies

…sums paid into retirement savings plans which are exempt pursuant to 18° of Article 81.Members of a married couple or partners bound by a civil solidarity pact defined in article 515-1 of the Civil Co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 289

…A and for the supplies of goods exempted pursuant to I and III of Article 262 ter and II of Article 298 sexies, except where the taxable person avails himself of the special scheme provided for in Art…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-11 (art. A212-167)

…olders of the brevet d'Etat d'éducation physique et sportive, instituted by decree no. 45-437 of 17 March 1945 creating a physical education and sports master's diploma, are exempt from the tests for…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R431-16

…ic and consular missions accredited in France, their spouses, their ascendants and their minor or unmarried children under the age of twenty-one living under their roof; 2° Foreigners staying in Franc…

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