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Showing 23312340 of 57889 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 12-DCC-13 du 1 Feb 2012

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for authorising certain research sites

Article R1121-12

…places under his authority, who will acknowledge receipt. It must include the following information 1° The name, position and duties of the applicant ; 2° The name, address and location of the researc…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Group action

Article L623-12

…costs incurred by the association, including those relating to the implementation of article L. 623-13. It may order, where it deems it necessary and compatible with the nature of the case, the deposi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395 A

…operty.This exemption may not exceed eight years and the deliberation must take place no later than 1st October of the previous year.>This exemption may not exceed eight years and the deliberation mus…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1396 bis

I.-In Mayotte, the tax base for property tax on undeveloped properties sold from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2025 by a public entity to illegal occupiers of land is subject to a reduction for the th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395 E

…egories as defined in the ministerial instruction of sixth and eighth categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 are exempt from property tax on non-built prop…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395 H

…d in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 are exempt from 80% of the property tax on unb…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395 G

…ith their own tax system may, by a decision taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from property tax on undeveloped properties, for a period of five years, undevelo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Automatic registrations

Article R123-138

Where a person has been struck off automatically pursuant to this section, he or she may, provided that he or she shows that he or she has regularised his or her situation, ask the Registrar to report…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Automatic registrations

Article R123-131

…s been entered in the register, at the end of the period set by the Articles of Association for the duration of the liquidation or, failing this, at the end of a period of three years after the date o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Automatic registrations

Article R123-134

The deregistrations provided for in articles R. 123-132 and R. 123-133 are also carried out automatically at the places of secondary registrations upon notification by the registrar of the main regist…

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