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Showing 47514760 of 5011 articles for Art. BOI-IR-RICI-290-20 n° 180 s.

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R4211-54

…copy of any observations made by the Regional Health Agency on the implementation of these activities. II - In the absence of a complete application, the Director General will inform the applicant, by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 278-0 bis

…ed in b of 5° and 8° and 10° of I of Article L. 312-1 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles. This rate also applies to accommodation and social support services provided in the social hotel…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81

…ng to the terminal gross index of the civil service index scale, regardless of the number of mandates. These provisions apply only to journalists, editors, photographers, newspaper directors and drama…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-4

…d of a period of one month following the seizure that gave rise to the previous availability of funds. During this period, the sum referred to in article R. 162-2 remains available to the debtor.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-1

…provided for in 4° and 5° of Article L. 612-39. These sanctions may not exceed a period of ten years. The Enforcement Committee may impose, either instead of or in addition to these sanctions, the di…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article L312-19

…entioned in Title II of the same book shall draw up a list of inactive accounts opened in their books. An account is considered to be inactive : 1° Either at the end of a twelve-month period during wh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2411-1

An employee with one of the following mandates benefits from the protection against dismissal provided for in this chapter, including during a safeguarding, receivership or compulsory liquidation proc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article R611-14-1

…he products derived from the invention by the public person who is the beneficiary and a patent bonus. II.-The profit-sharing bonus is calculated, for each invention, on a basis consisting of the inco…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-21

…labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatized wine products and its annexes.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1607 bis

…f the tax on the common territory or by setting the terms of repayment between the two establishments.For the three years following the year in which the scope of competence of a public land establish…

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