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Showing 62716280 of 9169 articles for Art. CE 24-11-2014 n° 352402

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-5

…daire governed by article L. 221-27 by institutions distributing one or other of these passbooks is centralised by Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations in the fund provided for in article L. 221-7.The c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1° sexies : Redynamising employment areas

Article 1383 H

…a period of five years.The exemption applies to buildings attached, between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2023 inclusive, to an establishment qualifying for the exemption provided for in I quinquies…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°f: Defence restructuring zones

Article 1383 I

…icle 1639 A bis, exempt from property tax on built-up properties the properties located in the defence restructuring zones defined in 1° and 2° of 3 ter of the article 42 of law no. 95-115 of 4 Februa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 8: Provisions relating to staff

Article L5217-19

I. - The services or parts of services of the communes that participate in the exercise of the competences mentioned in I of Article L. 5217-2 are transferred to the metropolitan authority, in accorda…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article R532-8

…risation as an investment firm to an applicant that is a direct or indirect subsidiary of an insurance company, reinsurance company, credit institution, investment firm or portfolio management company…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies G

…anuary 2020, do not have facilities for storing and distributing diesel that is not coloured and traced, subject to corporation tax or income tax under an actual system, may deduct from their taxable…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-22

…s marchés financiers any information that has come to their attention in the course of the performance of their duties in the situations and under the conditions defined in Article 12(1) of Regulation…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R445-3

For the application of this book in French Polynesia: 1° Access to work for foreign nationals shall be exercised under the conditions laid down by the laws and regulations applicable locally and in co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies GE

…onetary and Financial Code made pursuant to the legislative and regulatory provisions of the Insurance Code, the Mutual Insurance Code or the Social Security Code that govern them are not taken into a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L3116-5

Any civil servant, public official, captain or officer of a ship or aircraft or doctor who, in a document or declaration, alters, conceals or neglects to make known to the health authorities facts tha…

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