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Showing 29612970 of 3917 articles for Art. 31 January 2012

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation.

Article L5216-1

…ion establishment subject to the provisions of article 1609 nonies C of the General Tax Code on 1st January 1999, if the municipal council of the municipality concerned has voted against the decree dr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R121-14

…e disciplinary sanctions in the first and second groups provided for in article 66 of the law of 11 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the civil service of the State, the power to impose…

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

Article D4425-20

…ate of the local authority provided for in the tenth paragraph of article 33 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service. C.-The report provided for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-24-10

…ternal event and that all the conditions of Article 101 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 231/2013 of 19 December 2012 are met.The depositary shall be liable to the AIF or to the unit-holders…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets

Article L128-1

…uling pronouncing the measure.This file shall be governed by this chapter and by law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1c: Capital gains realised in the course of an agricultural, craft, commercial, industrial or liberal activity

Article 151 septies B

…ts relating to a leasing contract entered into under the conditions provided for in 2 of Article L. 313-7 of the Monetary and Financial Code are treated as assets;2° The assets mentioned in I of A of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties

Article L313-51

…maximum amount of compensation.In accordance with the terms and conditions laid down in Article L. 313-50 and this Article, the guarantee mechanism shall retroactively assume the guarantee commitment…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Municipalities and their groupings

Article L1422-1

…orce of section 4 of title II of law no. 83-663 of 22nd July 1983 supplementing law no. 83-8 of 7th January 1983 relating to the division of powers between the municipalities, departments, regions and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 B

…of 29 December 1984, they hold shares in non-trading companies (sociétés civiles) formed as from 1 January 1985 with a view to constructing and managing buildings used for residential purposes up to…

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

Article 212

…sixth paragraph of II of this article in its wording prior to the entry into force of law no. 2018-1317 du 28 décembre 2018 de finances pour 2019, not charged at the close of the last financial year o…

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