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Showing 87318740 of 9215 articles for Art. 8 janv. 1997

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 208 quinquies

…thin five years of the establishment of one of the zones provided for in Article 1 of Ordinance no. 86-1113 of 15 October 1986, set up to operate a business there, are exempt from this tax on profits…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIX: Procedure applicable to sexual offences and the protection of minors who are victims

Article 706-47

…involving recourse to prostitution provided for in articles 225-12-1 and 225-12-2 of the same code; 8° Offence of corruption of minors provided for in Article 227-22 of the same code; 9° Offence of se…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to Mayotte

Article A421-1

…mmittee; c) Two representatives of approved sports federations within the meaning of article L. 131-8 of the French Sports Code, constituted to organise the practice of a single sporting discipline or…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Provisions applicable to French Guiana

Article A429-1

…mittee; c) One representative of an approved sports federation within the meaning of Article L. 131-8 constituted to organise the practice of a single sporting discipline or related Olympic discipline…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Appeal procedures.

Article L661-1

…delegation and the public prosecutor, as well as decisions taken on the basis of Article L. 626-33;8° Decisions ruling on the resolution of the safeguard plan or the recovery plan on the part of the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Information on the social conditions under which products are manufactured

Article D113-1

…ination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, opened for signature in New York on 1 March 1980; 4° The Convention on the Rights of the Child, signed in New York on 26 January 1990; 5° The Conv…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article L3332-1

…re, d'urbanisme et de l'environnement, prévue à l'article 1635 quater A du code général des impôts ;8° The repayment from the Fonds national de garantie individuelle des ressources;9° The fraction of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-18

…orsican local authority resulting from the partnership contracts provided for in Article L. 1414-1 ;8° An appendix showing the debt relating to the investment portion of partnership contracts;9° A pre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Relations between public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status and their member municipalities

Article L5211-11-2

…lic body and those of the member municipalities in order to ensure better organisation of services; 8° The objectives to be pursued in terms of equal representation of women and men on the governance…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article R123-252

…anies, the existence of the domiciliation contract provided for in articles R. 123-167 and R. 123-168, the date it was signed, the name or corporate name of the domiciliary company, its unique identif…

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