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Showing 21912200 of 35258 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 16-D-24 du 8 Nov 2016

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration, land registration and stamps

Article 1635 bis AE

…ment to this registration;3° Application for marketing authorisation referred to in article L. 5121-8 of the same code or each application for renewal or each application or notification of modificati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 1693 ter

…tax may choose to pay the value added tax and the taxes, contributions and fees declared on the schedule to the declaration provided for in 2 of article 287 dued by members of the group that it forms…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Community of communes

Article L5214-16

…e conditions set out in article L. 4251-17 ; creation, development, maintenance and management of industrial, commercial, tertiary, craft, tourist, port or airport activity zones; local commercial pol…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-16

…his right of withdrawal, without having to justify his decision or incur any penalties. The period during which the right of withdrawal may be exercised begins to run : 1° Either from the day on whic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Direct marketing of banking and financial services.

Article R341-16

…ancial service: the direct seller provides the person canvassed with information on the total price due, including all related commissions, charges and expenses and all taxes paid by the direct seller…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R212-7-16

…of the Commission, as well as to the Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles and the Médiateur du Cinéma.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1638 quater

…09 nonies C or following a transformation under the conditions provided for in Article L. 5211-41-1 du code général des collectivités territoriales, the business property tax rate of the attached comm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article R15-8

The appeal provided for in Article 16-2 shall be made by means of a request signed by the judicial police officer and delivered or addressed to the secretary of the commission, who shall issue a recei…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 881 G

The rates set out in articles 881 D and 881 E are applicable to the issue of copies and information provided for by articles 2 and 3 of the arrêté du 10 octobre 2008 pris pour l'application des articl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions common to Titles I to IIIa

Article 1647-00 bis

…p on or after 1 January 1992 and who benefit from the start-up grant provided for by the decree no. 81-246 of 17 March 1981 as amended and by the articles D. 343-9 to D. 343-12 of the Rural and Mariti…

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