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Showing 67916800 of 12694 articles for Art. CAA Lyon 19-8-2021 n° 19LY01666

French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2402

…Article 878; 6° The claim of a first-time buyer holding a rent-to-own contract governed by the loi n° 84-595 du 12 juillet 1984 definissant la location-accession à la propriété immobilière est garant…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Recording of offences

Article R1312-2

…rtement for local authority agents carrying out their duties in communes, groups of communes or the Lyon metropolitan area; 2° The Director General of the Regional Health Agency for agents placed unde…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-6

…or part of the territory of a commune prior to 1 January 2012 continue to apply. The metropolis of Lyon may decide to institute the local tax on outdoor advertising in place of all or part of the mun…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Crisis prevention and management measures for central counterparties

Article L613-77

I.-Notwithstanding any provision or stipulation to the contrary, contributions within the meaning ofArticle 1843-3 of the French Civil Code and Book II of the French Commercial Code and capital increa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rates for local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-10

…nicipality, the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax system or the Lyon metropolis may, by a deliberation taken before 1st July of the year preceding that of the taxat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Additional departmental tax on tourist tax

Article L3333-1

…deliberative body taken under the conditions provided for in Article L. 2333-26. The metropolis of Lyon may institute an additional tax of 10% to the tourist tax or flat-rate tourist tax collected in…

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

Article 214

…is held by another cooperative production company under the conditions set out in article 25 of law n° 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production; The 2° is however ap…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIIIa: Procedure applicable to health and environmental offences

Article D47-5-1

…ourg Colmar Dijon Dijon Lille Douai Fort-de-France Fort-de-France Grenoble Grenoble Limoges Limoges Lyon Lyon Metz Metz Montpellier Montpellier Nancy Nancy Nîmes Nîmes Nouméa Nouméa Tours Orléans Pape…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-5

…121-3 Order no. 2016-800 of 16 June 2016 L. 1121-4 Order no. 2016-800 of 16 June 2016 L. 1121-5 Law n° 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-6 Law n° 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-7 Law no. 2019-180 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L734-7

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions set out in II, in the wording indicat…

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