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Showing 46214630 of 53704 articles for Art. CA Paris 1-12-2021 n° 20/04742

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 duovicies

…II. - The tax reduction applies when the following conditions are met:1° The work is authorised and carried out in accordance with the requirements of article L. 622-12 of the Heritage Code;2° The obj…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising municipal mandates

Article L2123-14

…cle L. 2123-12 may not be less than 2% of the total amount of functional allowances that may be allocated to members of the municipal council pursuant to articles L. 2123-23, L. 2123-24, L. 2123-24-1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L224-30-1

…20 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 of the European Parliament and of the Council with technical regulatory standards specifying, for the pan-European individual retirement savings product, the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1468

…provisions of II of l'article L. 433-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code or at least 20% of whose capital is held by non-cooperating shareholders within the meaning of 1 quinquies of article 207 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-18-1

…oviders other than portfolio management companies shall establish and publish once a year, for each category of financial instrument, a ranking of the top five execution venues based on the trading vo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the clinical screening of living and deceased donors

Article R1241-19-1

…ell donors must meet selection criteria. The general criteria and situations on which the contraindications to tissue and cell donation are based are set by order of the Minister for Health, issued af…

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

Article D2335-1-1

The scale mentioned in 3° and 4° of the I of article R. 2335-1 determining the amount of allocations in respect of increases in the allocation provided for in article L. 2335-1 is set as follows, by m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions

Article R814-1-1

…ed to reimbursement of their travel expenses under the conditions laid down by the regulations applicable to civil servants.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to elections to the various disciplinary boards and chambers

Article R4125-1-1

…nt of the National Council, shall send an individual invitation to each voter.This notice shall indicate1° The number of pairs of candidates or candidates to be elected, titular members and, where app…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions (R)

Article D1612-15-1

I. - Metropolises, local authorities and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status with more than 50,000 inhabitants shall transmit their budget documents electron…

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