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Showing 8190 of 35258 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 16-D-24 du 8 Nov 2016

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 bis N

The remuneration paid to employees benefiting from an employment support contract or a contract for the future defined respectively in articles L. 5134-20 and L. 5134-35 of the Labour Code is exempt f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 quater N

…rticle 92 or a civil activity subject to corporation tax, the transfer of assets or rights into a fiduciary estate is not a chargeable event for income tax if the following conditions are met:1° The s…

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

Article 302 bis N

Any person who has an animal slaughtered in a slaughterhouse pays a slaughter health fee to the State. However, in the case of contract slaughter, the fee is paid by the third-party slaughterer on beh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-24

The declaration of candidacy is sent to the State representative by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The application may also be received by the State representative in return for a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-24

…rovisions of Article D. 574, ask the prison integration and probation service to carry out a socio-educational summary of the convicted prisoner before his release, in order to assess his dangerousnes…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article D314-24

…y the professional training obligation mentioned in 2° of article D. 314-23 when they take up their duties.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: National Council.

Article D4233-24

Each Central Council elects the representatives of its section to the National Council on the date mentioned in article D. 4233-7, after having elected its executive committee.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Interventional radiology activities

Article D6124-247

For activities falling under categories B, C and D as provided for in Article R. 6123-166, the authorisation holder must ensure that the equipment used to expose patients to ionising radiation is conn…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Issuing and enforcing financial penalties pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 24 February 2005

Article D48-16

…thout delay by any means which leaves a written record, so that the amount recovered in France is deducted in full from the amount of the financial penalty being enforced in the State of enforcement.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers

Article D782-24

…same table:Applicable articleIn the version resulting from the decreeD. 621-37-1-2 and D. 621-37-1-3n° 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017

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