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Showing 24712480 of 3456 articles for Art. CE 31 Jul 2009 n° 305903

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1394 D

…e the property is located, containing all the information required to identify the plots of land concerned. This declaration must be accompanied by a copy of the contract. Where the declaration is sub…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-26

…of the commune or the mayor of Paris in matters of civil status, school matters relating to compliance with compulsory schooling and the application of the provisions of the national service code.The…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Management operations.

Article A431-9

The rate of the deduction for assessment and collection costs to be made from the proceeds of the additional contribution to insurance premiums or contributions instituted by article 2 of law no. 74-1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Simplified exchange of information between departments pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 18 December 2006

Article R49-35

…sion drawn up, pursuant to Article 695-9-33, by the departments or units mentioned in Article 695-9-31, shall contain the information listed in the model in Annex B to Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-105

I. - The limit referred to in article L. 214-39 must be complied with on 30 June and 31 December of each financial year, at the end of the three-year period referred to in article L. 214-43.The manage…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Informing the administrative authority

Article D1233-4

…any changes that need to be made to the information already sent in application of article L. 1233-31 ; 5° If the Social and Economic Committee has recourse to a Chartered Accountant, mention of this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-15-2

…t the damage suffered is of the serious nature provided for in II of Article L. 1142-1 or when it receives a claim for compensation for the harmful consequences of an act performed in the context of r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges

Article R722-7

…udicial court to take the oath.A record shall be drawn up of the taking of the oath.The term of office of consular judges begins on 1 January of the calendar year following their election and ends on…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Appointment.

Article R742-23

In the absence of candidates, the Minister of Justice may, in accordance with the conditions set out in Article R. 742-19, open a new deadline for the submission of applications. These are presented a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for compiling statistics (R)

Article R1614-40-6

…nal councils and the president of the executive council of Corsica shall transmit each year, before 31 March, to the education authorities, for each local public education establishment under their ju…

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