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Showing 23712380 of 2529 articles for Art. 31 oct. 1989

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: General conditions

Article L1618-2

…y the interest rate paid to the holder of a first passbook savings account in a Caisse d'Epargne at 31 December of the previous year, plus 1.5 points.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

…ticle 138-3 of this code as well as the similar obligations and prohibitions set out in article L. 331-2 of the juvenile criminal justice code and the obligation set out in the penultimate paragraph o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 156 bis

…of their shares by the individuals concerned, provided:a. - the shares were acquired no later than 31 December of the second year following the year in which the aforementioned building site declarat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11° bis : Tax reduction for investment in leisure property

Article 199 decies E

Any taxpayer who, between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2010, acquires a new dwelling or a dwelling in a future state of completion forming part of a classified tourist residence in a rural revitalis…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XI ter: Taxation of certain public limited companies, simplified joint stock companies and limited liability companies. Opting for the partnership system

Article 239 bis AB

…1 of I of Article 208 D, of the first paragraph of I of the first paragraph of I of Article L. 214-31 of the Monetary and Financial Code and the third paragraph of 1° of article 1-1 of law no. 85-695…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-4

…the commitments constituted in respect of the operations governed by this chapter represent, as at 31 December 2017, more than 80% of all the technical provisions within the meaning of Title IV of Bo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Periodic updating of the rental value of built and unbuilt properties

Article 1518 ter

…the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and are sent to the tax authorities before 31 December of the year preceding the year in which they are taken into account for the establishmen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Issuance of Bulletin No. 2 of the Criminal Record

Article R79

…s or directors of legal entities applying for the approval or registration provided for by articles 31, 32 and 34 of the loi n° 83-610 du 8 juillet 1983, as well as persons who are the subject of disc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-19

…ion mentioned in article L. 214-30, fonds d'investissement de proximité mentioned in article L. 214-31 and fonds professionnels de capital investissement mentioned in article L. 214-160 ; g) (Repealed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Economic weighting studies

Article R713-66

…fect of the head office of the chamber concerned, to CCI France and to the supervisory minister, by 31 March of the year of the general renewal at the latest. The weighting economic study of the regio…

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