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Showing 18811890 of 2529 articles for Art. 31 oct. 1989

French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 995

…4-174 of the Monetary and Financial Code and Article 9, as amended, of Decree No. 89-158 of 9 March 1989 implementing Articles 26 and 34 to 42 of Law No. 88-1201 of 23 December 1988, as amended, and r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
35° : Tax credit for the first subscription to a newspaper, periodical or online press service providing political and general information

Article 200 sexdecies

…not taken into account for the assessment of income in the various categories, the sums paid, until 31 December 2022, by a taxpayer domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B, in respect of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional measures

Article R351-17

…vables arising from reinsurance contracts, calculated in accordance with the provisions in force at 31 December 2015.The maximum deductible fraction decreases linearly at the end of each year, from 10…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIa: Special rules for the assessment of direct local taxes

Article 1518 E

…4 of Law no. 2010-1658 of 29 December 2010 on amending finance for 2010, in the version in force on 31 December 2016, is positive. For each tax, the exemption is equal to nine tenths of the difference…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Taxes to be levied for the common fund for agricultural accidents at work

Article 1622

…This contribution is calculated in proportion to the number of people insured with each of them on 31 March 2002, in application of article L. 752-1 of the Rural Code, as it read prior to 1 April 200…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2573-28

…tonomous status of French Polynesia" are inserted;2° In II, the words: "referred to in Article L. 1331-4 du code de la santé publique" are replaced by the words: "necessary to bring wastewater to the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-4

…ous year to deal with outstanding life insurance policies includes the following information, as at 31 December of the previous year, referred to as year N : 1° Number of contracts investigated (in pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation and powers

Article L5219-1

…and Val-de-Marne;3° The communes of the other départements of the Ile-de-France region belonging on 31 December 2014 to a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation comprising at least one co…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Ceremony of reception into French citizenship

Article 21-28

…mony within six months of the issue of the certificate of French nationality referred to in Article 31.During the reception ceremony, the charter of rights and duties of French citizens referred to in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: French Paralympic and Sports Committee

Article L141-7

…erty Code.III - By way of exception to Article II and for acts committed between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2024, the rights and actions arising from this Article shall be exercised by the Organis…

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