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Showing 32213230 of 45072 articles for Art. CAA Marseille 18-2-2020 n° 18MA02365

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 257

I. - Transactions contributing to the production or supply of immovable property are subject to value added tax under the following conditions.1. The following are treated in the same way as tangible…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The date on which divorce takes effect

Article 260

The marriage is dissolved: 1° By the divorce agreement concluded by private deed countersigned by lawyers, on the date on which it becomes enforceable; 2° By the decision granting the divorce, on the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Professions of masseur-physiotherapist, chiropodist, speech therapist and orthoptist, medical electroradiology manipulator, hearing aid acoustician, optician and dietician.

Article L4414-2

The provisions of the sixth and seventh paragraphs of article L. 4311-15 and those of articles L. 4311-16 to L. 4311-18, L. 4311-26 and L. 4311-27 are applicable to masseur-physiotherapists, chiropodi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4127-276

The dental surgeon must practise his profession personally in his main practice and, where applicable, at all practice sites authorised in application of the provisions of article R. 4127-270. A denta…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 298

1. For the application of this article:1° Petroleum products means petroleum products and assimilated products, excluding natural gas;2° Excise suspension schemes means the schemes mentioned in Articl…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Open livestock account.

Article 211

1. Customs officers may carry out such visits, surveys and checks as they deem necessary for the application of the provisions relating to open account, movement and grazing. 2. Security receipts must…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 237

Expenses relating to advertising prohibited by the articles L. 3323-2, L. 3323-4 and L. 3323-5 of the Public Health Code are not deductible in determining profits subject to income tax or corporation…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R155-2

…142-47, the words: "the mayor of the commune of the place of accommodation or, in Paris, Lyon and Marseille, the arrondissement mayor" and the words: "the mayor" are replaced by the words: "the High…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R156-2

…142-47, the words: "the mayor of the commune of the place of accommodation or, in Paris, Lyon and Marseille, the arrondissement mayor" and the words: "the mayor" are replaced by the words: "the High…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article R311-25

When the procedures for transmitting information to the funds mentioned in 3° of IV of Article L. 311-18 do not guarantee an appropriate level of confidentiality, the college of supervisors or the col…

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