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Showing 34613470 of 3970 articles for Art. CE 29 January 1982 n° 18058

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies A

…French companies that invest abroad with a view to setting up a sales establishment, a design office or an information office, either directly or through a company in which they hold at least 10% of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 13-8

…able 1 - Natural radioactivity in solid materials Natural radionuclides Exemption limit value in concentration (kBq/ kg) K-40 10 U-238 and its radioactive progeny (1) 1 Th-232 and its radioactive prog…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Periodic updating of the rental value of built and unbuilt properties

Article 1518 ter

…dify the application of the location coefficients mentioned in 2 of B of II of article 1498 after receiving the opinion of the communal or inter-communal direct tax commissions respectively mentioned…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-10

I. - The services or parts of services of the municipalities or public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status existing on 31 December 2014 which participate in the exe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3

…ch is between the minimum and maximum amounts set out in the table below. Employee's length of service with the company (in complete years) Minimum compensation (in months of gross salary) Maximum com…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-25

…persons must at all times be of sufficiently good repute and have the knowledge, skills and experience required to perform their duties: 1° Members of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-4

…iel et de résolution may impose on a Class 2 investment firm an additional capital requirement in excess of the minimum amount provided for by the applicable regulations and require the application to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-35

…rd country which invests its assets mainly in the securities of issuers having their registered office in that country where, under the legislation of that country, such a holding constitutes the only…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National biovigilance system

Article R1211-33

The Agence de la biomédecine is responsible for implementing the biovigilance system. Within this framework, the Agency: 1° Leads and coordinates the actions of the various parties involved; 2° Ensure…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Provisions applicable to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article D147-31

The crimes and offences for which socio-judicial supervision is incurred and which are liable, in accordance with the provisions of articles 723-29 to 723-37, to give rise to judicial supervision of a…

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