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Showing 27312740 of 3917 articles for Art. 31 January 2012

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-34

…rsuant to the provisions of Article 413-9 of the Criminal Code, the provisions of 3° of Article 694-31 of this Code shall apply.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Basis of assessment and settlement

Article 669

…LUE the usufructVALUE of the bare ownership. of the bare ownershipLess than :21 years of age90 %10 %31 years of age80 %20 %41 years of age70 %30 %51 years old60%40%61 years old50%50%71 years of age40…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Council tax

Article 1414

…mporary allocation to the disadvantaged persons mentioned in Article 1 of amended law no. 90-449 of 31 May 1990 aimed at implementing the right to housing.The reporting obligations on persons or organ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1765

…of the conditions laid down for the application, as the case may be, of articles L. 221-30, L. 221-31 and L. 221-32 or articles L. 221-32-1, L. 221-32-2 and L. 221-32-3 of the Monetary and Financial…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Provisions relating to the conclusion, assessment and implementation of group financial support agreements

Article L613-46-6

…reement, refer the matter within two days to the European Banking Authority on the basis of Article 31 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article D15-2

…ecutor's offices within his jurisdiction, provided for in the third paragraph of article 35, before 31 March of the year following the year to which they relate. The information contained in these two…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-22

In cases other than those provided for in articles R. 131-20, R. 131-21 and R. 131-21-1, the incident is regularised when, at the request of the drawer, a blocked provision earmarked for the actual pa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article D1711-8

Until 31 December 2013, the fire and rescue service of the Department of Mayotte is eligible for the investment aid fund for departmental fire and rescue services under the conditions set out in the a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation

Article D1432-50

The agendas for the meetings of each of the specialised commissions referred to in Article D. 1432-31 are set by their chairmen. The chair of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy shall infor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-128

…g the conditions laid down in B of I of article 5 and in 3° of I of article 6 of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990.

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