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Showing 49114920 of 9348 articles for Art. CA Paris – 9 Feb. 1999 – no. 1996/18826

French General Tax CodeIn force
11° bis : Tax reduction for investment in leisure property

Article 199 decies E

Any taxpayer who, between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2010, acquires a new dwelling or a dwelling in a future state of completion forming part of a classified tourist residence in a rural revitalis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Traffic and parking regulations

Article L2213-4-2

…to be gathered and their perpetrators to be tracked down, fixed or mobile automated vehicle identification data monitoring systems may be implemented by the national police and gendarmerie services or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations relating to the fight against prohibited lotteries, games and betting

Article L563-2

…ited by Article L. 320-1 of the Internal Security Code or betting prohibited by the Act of 2 June 1891 regulating the authorisation and operation of horse races.The Ministers shall lift the prohibitio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General information

Article 1586

…ion de la composante de l'imposition forfaitaire sur les entreprises de réseaux prévue à Article 1519 D as well as the share of the component of the flat-rate tax on network companies relating to phot…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and general rules

Article D742-2

…provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and general rules

Article D743-2

…oned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and general rules

Article D744-2

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Transfers of public and ministerial offices

Article 724

…e subject to a registration duty determined in accordance with the tariff provided for in Article 719 (1). Registration duty is levied on the price expressed in the deed of transfer and the capital of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Dispensaries

Article L6424-1

Activities falling within the remit of the Mayotte public health establishment and carried out in the Mayotte dispensaries are integrated into the public health establishment from the date set by arti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Simplified exchange of information between departments pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 18 December 2006

Article R49-39

…or where they refuse to respond to such a request for one of the reasons provided for in articles 695-9-39 to 695-9-42, the departments and units mentioned in Article R. 695-9-31 shall inform the com…

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