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Showing 40414050 of 9523 articles for Art. BOI-RFPI-PVI-10-40-100 n° 40

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds relating to ownership and transfer of ownership

Article A444-95

The first sale in the future state of completion or completed of residential premises included in a building or in a property complex other than HLM that has been the subject of the same building perm…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members.

Article L5211-12

…habitants or more and of a community of communes of 100,000 inhabitants or more may be increased by 40% in relation to the aforementioned scale, provided that the total amount of the maximum allowance…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-29-1

In the performance of their duties, private security guards are required to hold their card or approval decision at all times and to produce it to any person who requests it. He must also have the wor…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Default by the borrower

Article L312-36

…r, on paper or any other durable medium, of the risks it incurs under Articles L. 312-39 and L. 312-40 as well as, where applicable, under the article L. 141-3 of the Insurance Code. This warning does…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Personnel management

Article L1424-9-1

…of the legislative and regulatory provisions applicable to them. By way of derogation from article 40 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the territorial civil ser…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special provisions

Article R112-50

The provisions of articles R. 112-40 and R. 112-45 do not apply in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion Island, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, Wallis and…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-34

…visions of the second paragraph, in the cases provided for in Articles L. 341-37, L. 341-38, L. 341-40 and L. 341-41, the lender or lessor may be deprived of the right to interest, in full or in the p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1798

…the penalties applicable to manufacture, wholesale or retail sale, as well as to the circulation of 40 litres of pure alcohol of the prohibited product..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable to communes in the departments of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion

Article L2563-2-1

…rate allowance for the municipalities in the overseas departments is increased in 2001 by a sum of 40 million francs, taken from the development allowance instituted in article L. 2334-13. This incre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave

Article D1225-11-1

…ach. Where the period of leave is divided between the two parents in application of article L. 1225-40, it may be split for each parent into two periods, each lasting at least twenty-five days.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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