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Showing 42014210 of 4475 articles for Art. CA Paris – 22 Sept. 1999

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions

Article R4421-1-1

…ned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply to Wallis and Futuna, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: ARTICLES AS AMENDED BY R. 4126-1Decree no. 2019-12…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies GC

…ax-free provision to deal with the overall management loss relating to all life, nuptial, natal and capitalisation insurance policies. II. - For each set of contracts stipulating an identical profit-s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 undecies D

…come tax reductions mentioned in Articles 199 undecies A, 199 undecies B and 199 undecies C and the carryovers of these tax reductions, which may be offset for a taxpayer in respect of the same tax ye…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Council and National Disciplinary Chamber.

Article L4122-3

…ident of the national disciplinary chamber are incompatible with those provided for in article L. 4122-1-1. No person may act as chairman or alternate chairman of the national disciplinary chamber if…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4131-1

The evidence of formal qualifications required in application of 1° of article L. 4111-1 is, for the practice of the profession of doctor : 1° Either the French State diploma of doctor of medicine ; W…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-17

I. - With effect from 2020, a budget allocation is introduced for municipalities with a significant proportion of their territory classified as a Natura 2000 site or included in a national park or wit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article D526-28

…mbers and codes characterising the activity or activities referred to in 1° to 3° of article R. 123-223; c) The address of the main establishment where the professional activity is carried out or, if…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-29

Any software publisher, any technical system manufacturer and any service operator may, in the event of refusal of access to information essential to interoperability, ask the Audiovisual and Digital…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Assessment of built properties

Article 1498

…b-groups, defined according to their nature and purpose. Within a sub-group, they are classified by category, according to their use, their physical characteristics, their location and their consisten…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1810

…for the offences mentioned in 10° of this article, and the means of transport are seized and confiscated, as well as the containers, packaging, utensils, mechanics, machines or apparatus:1° manufactu…

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