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Showing 47214730 of 9666 articles for Art. CE 16-11-1988 n° 47685-47741

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 881 G

…articles 2 and 3 of the arrêté du 10 octobre 2008 pris pour l'application des articles 10 du décret n° 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955 et 9 du décret n° 79-1037 du 3 décembre 1979. These provisions are not ap…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R822-77

As an exception to articles 22, 24 and 26 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 relatif à l'application de la loi n° 78-9 du 4 janvier 1978 modifiant le titre IX du livre III du code civil, la société…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title III: Rules relating to life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A134-1

…November 2015 of the Autorité des normes comptables relating to the accounting framework for insurance undertakings, mathematical provisions are calculated using a rate that may be higher than that us…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article R512-25

Except in the cases provided for in Articles R. 512-28 and R. 512-29, any sampling carried out pursuant to Article L. 511-16 includes at least three samples. A report is drawn up in accordance with th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: ASYLUM AT THE BORDER

Article R351-3

…ithin the jurisdiction of another State, the foreign national will be interviewed by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons in accordance with the procedures laid down…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I

Article A38-5

…ication of the 11° of Article 4 of Decree no. 2009-707 of 16 June 2009 as amended relating to the decentralised departments of the Directorate General of Public Finances and notwithstanding the provis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article R3262-46

Failure to comply with the first and third paragraphs of article L. 3262-2, article L. 3262-3 and the second paragraph of article L. 3262-5 is punishable by a fourth-class fine. The same applies to in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Staff

Article R1413-33

…7 of Law no. 84-16 of 11 January 1984 on the statutory provisions relating to the State civil service, subject to the provisions of Decree no. 2003-224 of 7 March 2003 laying down the rules applicabl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Scope of application

Article 995

The following are exempt from the special tax on insurance agreements:1° Reinsurance, subject to what is stated in Article 1000 ;2° Insurance benefiting, under exceptional provisions, from exemption f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe 7-3

ELECTION OF CONSULAR DELEGATESYou can consult the photos in the JO n° 244 of 20/10/2010 text number 8

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