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Showing 31213130 of 3456 articles for Art. CE 31 Jul 2009 n° 305903

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Admission of new communes.

Article L5215-40-1

Within three years of the publication of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale, le périmètre des communautés urbaines pe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to minimum capital requirements and eligible commitments

Article R613-46-6

…13-46-2 and the amounts of eligible commitments, as well as the expression of these amounts as a percentage in accordance with I of Article L. 613-44, after application, where applicable, of the deduc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Equalisation of tax resources

Article R3335-2

…nts, taking into account any revenue recorded during the additional period mentioned in Article R. 3311-3. These duties are net of the assessment, non-assessment and collection costs provided for in t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 quater

…o:0.35% + 0.025% × (amount of turnover-€10,000,000)/€40,000,000;e) For companies with turnover in excess of €50,000,000, to 0.375%.The rates mentioned in b, c and d are expressed as percentages and ro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Healthcare waste produced by patients undergoing self-treatment and users of self-tests

Article R1335-8-1

…oduct within the meaning of Article L. 5111-1, whether or not combined with perforating medical devices within the meaning of 3° of this article, or with electrical or electronic equipment within the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
34°: Tax credit for forestry investments

Article 200 quindecies

I.-Taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B benefit from a tax credit in respect of the forestry operations mentioned in II of this article that they carry out until 31 December…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article Annexe 4-2

I.-Model table provided for in Article A. 444-203 SIREN number of the office or firm A B C D E F G H I J K L1 L2 M1 M2 N O ... ... .../ ... Legend: This table contains as many rows as there are office…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R114-10

The Board of Directors, through its deliberations, regulates the affairs of the Centre de ressources, d'expertise et de performance sportive.Its deliberations relate in particular to:1° The establishm…

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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
32°: Tax credit for students to finance their higher education

Article 200 terdecies

I. - Loans taken out between 1 September 2005 and 31 December 2008 with a view to financing their studies by persons aged no more than twenty-five and enrolled in a course of higher education entitle…

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