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Showing 19711980 of 4196 articles for Art. BOI-RSA-ES-20-40-40

French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1759-0 A

Infringements of the obligation to make the withholding tax provided for in Article 1671 and the reporting obligations provided for in Article 87-0 A will result in the application of a fine which, wi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-41

Applications submitted under article R. 131-40 must specify : 1° Where it concerns a natural person, his surname, forenames, date and place of birth and, where applicable, the surname used ; 2° If it…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting provisions.

Article R6113-47

I. - The total allocation provided for inarticle 4 of the Social ModernisationAct no. 2002-73 of 17 January 2002 is set by order of the Minister for Health, in the light of the decision by which the B…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-162

I. - At least 60% of the assets of the forestry savings companies referred to in Article R. 214-161 shall consist of forestry assets comprising :1° Forests and woods ;2° Bare land to be afforested;3°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Provisions common to the National Commission for Voting Operations and the Regional Commissions for Voting Operations

Article R2122-48-4

An extract of the list of voters for the region(s) and branch(es) in which these organisations are candidates is made available electronically to the representatives of the trade union organisations t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L717-6

A European Union trade mark that validly claims the seniority of a trade mark registered in France or of an international registration designating France, in accordance with Articles 39 and 40 of Regu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-41

When the deed referred to in article L. 313-40 indicates that the price is paid, directly or indirectly, even partially, using one or more loans governed by the provisions of sections 1 to 5 and secti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-52

When it is in possession of the necessary information, the Criminal Appeals Chamber shall decide, within a maximum of fifteen days, whether to recognise the decision sentencing the person to a custodi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Conditions for exercising regional mandates

Article L4135-16

The maximum allowances voted by the regional councils for the actual performance of the duties of regional councillor are determined by applying to the reference term mentioned in article L. 4135-15 t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Group crèches

Article R2324-46

I.-The collective crèches and day nurseries mentioned in 1° of article R. 2324-17 fall into the following categories, according to the capacity provided for in the authorisation from the Chairman of t…

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