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Showing 26412650 of 3278 articles for Art. 35 bis

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Scope of application

Article 995

…tion of insurance contracts in the event of death taken out to guarantee the repayment of a loan;5° bis (Repealed);6° Insurance contracts against frost and storm risks on crops or standing timber.7° L…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 1: Development tax

Article 1635 quater E

I.-Par délibération prise dans les conditions prévues au VI de l'article 1639 A bis, les organes délibérants des communes ou des établissements publics de coopération intercommunale à fiscalité propre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article LO6214-4

…set out in the previous two paragraphs are deemed to have their tax domicile in mainland France;1° bisIndividuals or legal entities that have their tax domicile in a department of mainland France or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Solvency Capital Requirement

Article L352-3

…alculation of the Solvency Capital Requirement using the standard formula referred to in Article L. 352-1 and the requirement to use an internal model under Article L. 352-2 is inappropriate or has pr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L421-1

…cle…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L526-24

…branches and persons are subject to the professional secrecy requirements set out in article L. 526-35.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

…products, the transfer of which is subject to the prior authorisation provided for in Article L. 2335-10 of the Defence Code, to chemicals listed in Schedule 1 annexed to the Paris Convention and men…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 214

…opératives de production which have set up between themselves a grouping covered by the articles 47 bis to 47 septies of the aforementioned law n° 78-763 of 19 July 1978 and the majority of whose capi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article L2224-12-4

…lling the water, the service managers and the local authorities whose fees the service collects.III bis. - As soon as the drinking water utility notices an abnormal increase in the volume of water con…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 261

…ember 1989, if these vehicles are sold to persons other than second-hand goods dealers (Law no. 89-935 of 29 December 1989, art. 31 I 2 and 3);b. (Obsolete provision);2° (repealed)4. (Liberal professi…

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