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Showing 22812290 of 2350 articles for Art. CA Rouen 28 February 1991

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Introductory chapter: Definitions

Article 120-1

…ormance, whether pre-existing or not, regardless of the presence or absence of an audience or the location of the recording. "Automatic financial aid": aid giving rise to the allocation of investment…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-165

…und rules specify the composition and procedures for appointing its supervisory board, which may be carried out either by election on the basis of the number of units held by each unitholder, or under…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Provisions common to property tax and council tax

Article 1417

I. - The provisions of articles 1391 and 1391 B are applicable to taxpayers whose income for the year preceding that for which the tax assessment is made does not exceed the sum of 11,885 €, for the f…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Appendix

Article Annexe préliminaire

…he list of taxes, contributions or social security contributions giving rise to the issue of certificates for the award of public procurement contracts Appendix 5 Notice concerning the nature and cont…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Public prosecution and investigating authorities

Article A1

I.-The authorities or bodies that the public prosecutor or investigating judge, as the case may be, may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 11-1, authorise to be issued with a copy of the do…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IIa: Annual tax on office premises, commercial premises, storage premises and parking areas levied in the Ile-de-France region

Article 231 ter

…an activity, of whatever nature, by private individuals or legal entities, or used by the State, local authorities, public establishments or bodies and professional bodies, and, on the other hand, pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-1: Research involving the human person

Article L1541-4

…ject to the adaptations mentioned in II, the provisions of Title II of Book I of this Part are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
34°: Tax credit for forestry investments

Article 200 quindecies

…t from a tax credit in respect of the forestry operations mentioned in II of this article that they carry out until 31 December 2027. II.-The tax credit applies to II.-The tax credit applies to: 1° To…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-2

…sions of IV to VII. When the total annual amount of the two levies exceeds 1.6 billion euros, the Local Finance Committee may decide to set aside all or part of the amount exceeding this level in a de…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-4

…professional to claim to be a signatory to a code of conduct when it is not; 2° To display a certificate, quality label or equivalent without having obtained the necessary authorisation; 3° To claim t…

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