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Showing 39213930 of 5219 articles for Art. BOI-ENR-DMTOM-40-30 n° 50

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 223-28

…g the year preceding the application, devoted to establishments located in urban units of less than 50,000 inhabitants and communes not belonging to an urban unit, with regard to the following referen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1734

…at these documents are not held or are destroyed before the prescribed deadlines.A fine equal to €1,500 is applicable, for each document, but the total fines may not exceed €50,000 [Provisions declare…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-3

…he demographic groups are defined as follows: - communes with 0 to 499 inhabitants; - communes with 500 to 999 inhabitants; - communes with 1,000 to 1,999 inhabitants; - communes with 2,000 to 3,499 i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contributions to the account.

Article L6323-29

…ational training contributions paid under the conditions set out in articles L. 6331-48 and L. 6331-50 of this code.The personal training account of self-employed workers in maritime fishing, employer…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Portage salarial

Article R1254-2

…replaced by the words "payroll" and "their payroll"; 4° References to Articles L. 1251-49, L. 1251-50, L. 1251-51 and L. 1251-52 are replaced respectively by references to I of Article L. 1254-26, II…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-12-1

Metropolises' compulsory expenditure includes in particular: 1° Office and printing costs for the department of the metropolis and the costs of conserving the archives of the metropolis and the compen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial provisions applicable to certain private not-for-profit establishments

Article R6161-43

I. - Subject to the provisions of II, the provisions of articles L. 6143-3, L. 6143-4 with the exception of 1°, 2°, eighth paragraph, 3°, tenth paragraph and last paragraph, L. 6145-1, D. 6143-39 with…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Grouped offers

Article L224-42-2

I.-If a bundled offer of services or a bundled offer of services and terminal equipment offered to a consumer includes at least one Internet access service or interpersonal communications service base…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-38

The Minister for the Economy shall set up a National Sanctions Commission responsible for imposing the sanctions provided for in Article L. 561-40. It shall deal with breaches detected during inspecti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-5

When the sums due in respect of default interest and the fixed indemnity for recovery costs mentioned in Articles 39 and 40 of Law 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 containing various provisions for adaptin…

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