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Showing 24512460 of 28855 articles for Art. 31 May 2005

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common principles

Article L6323-4

…ing that is eligible for the account, within the meaning of articles L. 6323-6, L. 6323-21, L. 6323-31 and L. 6323-34. The holder contributes to the funding of eligible training under the conditions s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions

Article L5216-8

…ources mentioned in I and V of article 1379-0 bis of the General Tax Code.The conurbation community may, in addition, collect, in respect of the competence of organising authority for the public distr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 quater C

1. Taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B may benefit from an income tax credit in respect of expenditure actually incurred, between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2025, for t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Minimum rental value

Article 1518 B

…demergers, mergers of companies or transfers of establishments carried out as from 1 January 1976 may not be less than two-thirds of the rental value applied in the year preceding the contribution,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 ter

I. - In the départements of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and Réunion and unless otherwise decided by the communes or groupings with their own tax system, under the conditions set out…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, entry on the list, articles of association and registration.

Article R814-60

…pital of which is held by partners mentioned in 6° of B of I of the article 5 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-1

…search or to authorise it, in the cases provided for by the Public Health Code or by Articles 28 to 31 of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures

Article L412-5

…91 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, combating corruption and modernising economic life and until 31 December 2018. The implementing rules for the indication of origin referred to in the first parag…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVII bis : Legal entities liable to corporation tax whose purpose is to transfer the use of movable or immovable property to their members free of charge

Article 239 octies

…the benefits in kind mentioned in the first paragraph granted during a financial year opened until 31 December 2023.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1245-32

…5124-9-1 which receive tissues or cells in the situations mentioned in b of 4° of article R. 1245-31 must at least assign the donation identification sequence when this sequence has not already been…

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