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Showing 28012810 of 3114 articles for Art. CA Versailles 25 octobre 1990

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-8

…or in I of Article 46 of Law No 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012, on each: 1° Application for marketing authorisation for a veterinary medicinal product;2° Application for modificatio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L381-2

…basis of Book VI of the Commercial Code, Articles 2331 and 2375 of the Civil Code, Articles L. 310-25, L. 326-1 to L. 327-6 and L. 441-8 of this Code,article L. 932-24 of the Social Security Code ora…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-28

…R. 356-27 cease to apply to the subsidiaries referred to in I of article R. 356-24 in the following cases: a) The condition referred to in a of I of article R. 356-24 is no longer met; b) The conditio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article L811-5

…to a disciplinary or administrative sanction of removal from office, striking off the register, revocation, withdrawal of authorisation or withdrawal of authorisation; 4° Have not been subject to pers…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article D111-8

…l pages of the site, without the user needing to identify himself, the following information:1° The capacity of the persons authorised to submit an offer of goods and services, and in particular their…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Loan categories

Article L753-6

…ollowing table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
23°: Tax credit for energy transition

Article 200 quater A

1. a. Taxpayers who own, rent or occupy free of charge a dwelling located in France, used as their main residence, may benefit from an income tax credit for expenditure on the installation or replacem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 209-0 B

…party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area a proportion of net tonnage at least equal to 25% and that it undertakes to maintain or increase, during the ten-year period referred to in III, t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Buildings financed by state-subsidised loans

Article 1384 C

…e L. 831-1 of the Construction and Housing Code which, with a view to their temporary rental or allocation to disadvantaged persons referred to in article 1 of amended law no. 90-449 of 31 May 1990 ai…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 undecies

…me time as the declaration mentioned in 1 of the same Article 287 and filed in respect of the first calendar quarter or in respect of the month following the first calendar quarter of the year followi…

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