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Showing 161170 of 35491 articles for Art. CE 17-3-2010 n° 315831

French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1771 A

…ublic accountant the deductions he has made in application of the same article 1671, if the delay exceeds one month. In the event of a repeat offence within a period of three years, the debtor is puni…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1783 A

…se of the decree which sets the terms and conditions for their application give rise to criminal proceedings brought on the complaint of the tax authorities and are punishable by one year's imprisonme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1783 B

Infringements of the provisions of 3 of Article 242 ter shall be punishable by the penalties set out in article 1741.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Assembly of Corsica

Article L4422-17

The proposals, requests and opinions adopted by the Assembly of Corsica pursuant to I to IV of article L. 4422-16 are published in the Journal officiel de la République française.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Complaints

Article L4163-17

…body pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 of this Chapter and to this Section 4 shall be settled in accordance with the provisions governing social security litigation. Disputes relating to the declaration re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-17

In the case provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 232-12, the Board of Directors, the Management Board or the Executive Chairmen, as the case may be, are empowered to decide to distribute…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Article R310-17

…the operation begins and the nature of the goods to which the operation relates, if it does not concern all of the establishment's products.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Syndicate of communes

Article L5212-17

…ions of article L. 5212-16 to unions existing on 6 January 1988, the date of publication of the loi n° 88-13 du 5 janvier 1988 d'amélioration de la décentralisation, if the municipal councils of the m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L775-17

…ht-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 523-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 523-2, with the exception of its h) Act 2013-672 of 26 July 201…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Caisses de crédit agricole mutuel.

Article R512-17

The Regional Mutuals shall repay to the central body the advances granted to them by the central body as and when they obtain repayment of the loans granted with the aid of these advances and at the l…

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