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Showing 32113220 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

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

Article 1636 B septies

…homes and other furnished premises not allocated to the principal dwelling voted by a municipality may not exceed two and a half times the average rate recorded the previous year for the same tax in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article D47-6-16

…his or her lawyer to the adversarial hearing provided for in Article D. 49-15. The person concerned may not, however, waive the right to summon his or her lawyer or to comply with the time limits for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 1: Development tax

Article 1635 quater E

…oning of the European Union to de minimis aid. III -For planning permission issued from 1st January 2017, the exemptions adopted by the Lyon metropolitan authority apply simultaneously to the share of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1740-00 A

…of I of Article 199 undecies B, the last paragraph of I and the second paragraph of II of Article 217 undecies, the second paragraph of A and the second paragraph of 2° of B of VII of Article 244 qua…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title one: Tax assessment and control

Article 1649 quater N

For the application of c of 1° of 7 of Article 158, professionals or organisations which do not have a permanent establishment in France but which are established in a Member State of the European Uni…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-17

After a period of three months from the final decision on detention, the person placed in detention may apply to the regional detention court for the measure to be terminated. The detention is automat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration, land registration and stamps

Article 1635 bis AF

…list of reimbursable pharmaceutical specialities mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 162-17 of the Social Security Code or on the list of medicinal products reimbursed and used by public au…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-5

The custodian may not delegate to third parties the functions conferred upon it by I and III of Article L. 214-175-4. Under the conditions laid down by the General Regulations of the Autorité des Marc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct.

Article D533-16-1

…ing to their respective volumes in the undertakings for collective investment concerned. The entity may make further distinctions by activities, investment portfolios, issuers, sectors or any other re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-176-3

A groupement forestier d'investissement may merge with a société d'épargne forestière, another groupement forestier d'investissement or a groupement forestier managing an estate whose forests are subj…

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