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Showing 18911900 of 9666 articles for Art. CE 16-11-1988 n° 47685-47741

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1636 B undecies

…ter-communal cooperation that have instituted the tax for the removal of household waste in accordance with articles 1379-0 bis, 1520 and 1609 quater vote on the rate of this tax under the conditions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-11

…technical areas of activity of the Etablissement Français du Sang are determined by it, in accordance with the provisions relating to the national blood transfusion master plan.II - Apart from the co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 1: Development tax

Article 1635 quater E

…intercommunale à fiscalité propre, les conseils départementaux et le conseil régional d'Ile-de-France peuvent exonérer de la taxe d'aménagement partiellement ou totalement, pour la part revenant, cha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-11-1

…37/2014 of 16 April 2014, when a member of the network to which it belongs provides one of the services mentioned in II of Article L. 822-11 to a person or entity that is controlled by the public inte…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 163 quinquies B

…te of their subscription are exempt from income tax on the sums or securities to which the units concerned entitle them. The provisions of the first paragraph do not apply to holders of units in ventu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 quinquies BA

…te paragraph of 1° of 3 of I of article 1640 C. The member municipalities of these establishments receive the additional fraction, provided for in the last paragraph of 1° of 3 of I of the same articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Hosting of personal health data on digital media subject to certification

Article R1111-11

…and its customer. It contains at least the following clauses: 1° An indication of the scope of the certificate of compliance obtained by the hosting provider, together with the dates of issue and ren…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-11

…ouncil of 15 May 2014, traded on trading platforms when they are of critical or significant importance; 3° In OTC contracts economically equivalent to these instruments. Commodity derivatives are cons…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-11

The professional practice standard relating to requests for confirmation from third parties, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below:PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE STANDARD RELATING TO REQUESTS FOR…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of payment institutions

Article L522-11

…the institution :a) Does not make use of the authorisation within a period of twelve months or has ceased to carry on business for a period of more than six months ;b) Has obtained authorisation by m…

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