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Showing 99219930 of 10740 articles for Art. CJEU – Granarolo – 14 July 2016 – C-196/15

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 219

…m these securities which gave entitlement to the application of the regime provided for in articles 145 and 216 during the financial year in respect of which these capital losses were recorded and the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: The automated national registry of judicial procedures and the automated processing system known as "Cassiopée".

Article R15-33-66-6

Insofar as they are necessary to pursue the purposes mentioned in Article R. 15-33-61-4, the following information and personal data may be recorded: 1° Concerning individuals: a) In criminal proceedi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes I

Article Annexe I-6 art R131-3 et R132-7

…t paragraph indicates to the person being prosecuted all the rights defined in this article.Article 14In the event of an emergency, circumstances relating to the smooth running of sporting competition…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-11 (art. A212-167)

…ces et techniques des activités physiques et sportives , created by the aforementioned decree of 16 July 1984, are exempt from the exams for the common part of the brevet d'Etat du premier degré d'édu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Charges for the removal of waste, refuse and residues, charges for the removal of household refuse from campsites and special charges

Article L2333-76

…ing arrangements themselves, in the event that the joint association has not instituted it before 1 July of a year to be applicable from the following year; where the mixed syndicate subsequently deci…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Special provisions for certain new companies

Article 44 sexies

…ence.IV. - The benefit of the exemption is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functi…

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

Article L5219-5

…in the city contract;d) Signing the inter-municipal agreement referred to in Article 8 of Law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 on programming for the city and urban cohesion ;2° Construction, developm…

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In force

Article Annexe 4-3

NOTIFICATION FILE FOR A CONCENTRATION OPERATION1. Description of the operation, including:a) A copy of the acts subject to notification and the minutes of the deliberative bodies relating to the conce…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-17

…with the estimate used by management; - examination of the post-closing settlement of the estimate. 14. When verifying the calculation method used, the statutory auditor assesses the relevance of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General procedural rules

Article L327-11

I.-In order to carry out the duties set out in Article L. 327-1, the legal representatives of collective management undertakings, independent management undertakings, their subsidiaries and the undert…

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