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Showing 27812790 of 3518 articles for Art. CE 30 Dec 2010 n° 338197

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

Article 1638 quater

…usiness property tax rate of the public establishment under the following conditions:a) The difference noted, in the year during which the attachment is decided, between these two rates is reduced eac…

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

Article 1639 A quater

…or, when the perimeter of the new public inter-municipal cooperation establishment has been set by decree of the State representative, the municipal councils of the member municipalities or the delib…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-2 (suite 3)

…ent of the attributable deficit must be based firstly on the functional manifestations, the importance of which can be graded by referring to the NYHA (New York Heart Association) classification.This…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-12

…ncil, as appropriate, after the management account drawn up by the local authority's accounting officer has been submitted by 1 June of the year following the financial year. The vote of the deliberat…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of cinemas

Article R212-12

…L. 212-14 may be granted by the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, under the provisions of article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Town Council

Article L2121-28

…operation of the groups of elected representatives may be the subject of deliberations without the decisions relating to the system of allowances for elected representatives being modified on this oc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-26

The Registrar shall without delay send to all the parties to whom the decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property has been notified, by simple letter, a copy of t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Additional penalties

Article L823-4

…under articles L. 823-1, L. 823-2 or L. 823-3 incur the following additional penalties:1° A residence ban for a maximum of five years;2° Suspension of the driving licence for a maximum of five years;…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: FAMILY GROUPING SCHEME

Article R434-5

…rson above eight people;2° Meets the health and equipment conditions set out in articles 2 and 3 of decree no. 2002-120 of 30 January 2002 relating to the characteristics of decent housing taken for t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R431-5

If the foreign national is already residing in France, his application must be submitted within the following time limits: 1° A foreign national who holds a residence document referred to in 2° to 8°…

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