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Showing 36613670 of 9523 articles for Art. BOI-RFPI-PVI-10-40-100 n° 40

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: The Managing Director's right to derogate

Article R1435-42

The decision taken in application of article R. 1435-40 must state the reasons on which it is based and must be published in the Recueil des actes administratifs of the regional prefecture.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions applicable to Mayotte.

Article R927-1-4

For the application to Mayotte of article R. 711-40-4, the words: "préfet de région" are replaced by the words: "représentant de l'Etat".

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Notaries' fees

Article A444-174

…is section in accordance with the following terms:1° Within the limit of a maximum discount rate of 40% applicable to the portion of the emolument calculated on the portions of the base greater than o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article R2512-35

…articles R. 2213-2-2, R. 2213-5, R. 2213-7, R. 2213-13, R. 2213-14, R. 2213-21, R. 2213-29, R. 2213-40, R. 2213-44, R. 2223-78and R. 2223-95.The notice provided for in article R. 2213-10 and the repor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Failure to comply with the obligation

Article D8254-9

…n Article L. 8254-1 to deposit, without delay, with the Agency's Accounting Officer, a sum equal to 40% of the amount of the special contribution. This sum is calculated in accordance with article R.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-49

Article L. 236-40 is applicable only when the project provides for the allocation mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 236-48.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 8: Departmental Commission for Intercommunal Cooperation

Article R5211-35

The provisions of articles R. 5211-36 to R. 5211-40 apply to the plenary formation and the restricted formation of the departmental commission for intermunicipal cooperation.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 quaterdecies

…0,000 and less than €10,000,000.The rate mentioned in the first paragraph of this 1 is increased to 40% for fictional cinematographic or audiovisual works in which at least 15% of the shots, i.e. an a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Tariff of charges

Article R213

Each owner or custodian of printed documents, preserved on a medium of any kind whatsoever, is entitled to compensation of 3.81 euros per requisition for all the necessary archival research carried ou…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conduct of the procedure

Article R631-31

Articles R. 624-13 to R. 624-16 are applicable to the receivership proceedings.

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