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Showing 48914900 of 10915 articles for Art. BOI-RFPI-PVINR-10-20 n° 120

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1384 G

…of social rental housing demolished under the conditions provided for in articles 6 and 9-1 of law n° 2003-710 of 1st August 2003 on the guidelines and programming for towns and urban renewal and pro…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L241-6

The trader who has made the consumer bear the cost of sending the goods in order to bring them into conformity is obliged to reimburse them within fourteen days at the latest from the day on which the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: International applications

Article L614-21

Before the end of either of the periods mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 614-20, the prohibitions provided for in the said article may be extended, at the request of the Minister of Defen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-124

The notice provided for in the last paragraph of article R. 225-120 shall contain the following information: 1° The object of the company, stated briefly; 2° The company's normal expiry date; 3° The c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L6441-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this article, the provisions of the last paragraph of Article L. 6111-6-1, of Article L. 6147-10, of the I of Article L. 6147-13, of Article L. 6326-1 and of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-5

The minimum rate of subsidy may not be less than 20% of the estimated amount of subsidisable expenditure excluding tax. The maximum rate of grant may not exceed 60% of this amount, or of the final amo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-4

The fee provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 663-4 in respect of the diagnosis of the safeguard or receivership proceedings (number 1 of Table 4-1), is set as follows: 1° Where the debtor…

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

Article 1604

I. - A tax calculated on the same basis as property tax on undeveloped properties is levied for the benefit of establishments in the network defined in article L. 510-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Constitution and membership.

Article L1253-2

Employers' groups are set up in one of the following forms: 1° Association governed by the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association ; 2° A cooperative company within the meaning of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Land registration and publicity

Article 1840 G

I. - In the event of a breach of the undertaking given by a forestry group under the conditions provided for in 3° of 1 of Article 793 for the improvement of the production and land structure of Frenc…

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