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Showing 19611970 of 2824 articles for Art. 796-0 bis & 796-0 ter

French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tax base

Article 1635 quater K

Public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status with jurisdiction over a local town planning plan or a land use plan and the communes may, by a decision taken under the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Rights increases

Article 1757

When the acquisition of a company has been carried out with the prior agreement of the minister responsible for the budget in accordance with Article 220 quater B, the duties recalled and the tax cred…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Missions and components of the public employment service.

Article L5311-4

…s to provide services relating to the placement, integration, training and support of jobseekers;1° bis Placement bodies specialising in the professional integration of disabled people, with an adviso…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Trade union rights and representativeness criteria

Article L6156-3

…edical, odontological and pharmaceutical staff of the public health establishments mentioned in Chapters I and II of this Title in professional elections are those provided for in Chapter I of Title I…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-11

…respect of fixed assets: intangible fixed assets, tangible fixed assets, financial fixed assets; 1° bis In respect of current assets: inventories, receivables, marketable securities and cash;2° Shareh…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Presentation of the request

Article R2333-120-32 sexies

…ibits, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the order mentioned in Article R. 2333-120-32 bis, is valid as a signature for the application of the provisions of this sub-section. However, whe…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Conditions of eligibility for family reunification

Article R434-5

…7, a dwelling is considered to be normal if it:1° Has a total living area of at least:a) in zones A bis and A: 22 m² for a household without children or two people, increased by 10 m² per person up to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The town council.

Article D2573-6

I. - The provisions of Chapter I, Title II, Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the tables reproduced below are applicable in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the righ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-2

…to transactions likely to contribute to the development of France's foreign trade or of strategic interest to the French economy abroad;aa) For insurance operations covering the risk of non-payment of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12° : Tax reduction for certain overseas investments

Article 199 undecies B

…Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, as part of a business carrying out an agricultural activity or an industrial, commercia…

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