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Showing 39513960 of 8432 articles for Art. CJEU – Pierre Fabre – 13 Oct. 2011 – C-439/09

French General Tax CodeIn force
2i: Companies located in rural regeneration areas

Article 44 quindecies

…tion areas mentioned in article 1465 A, businesses that are created or taken over between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2023, subject by right or by option to an actual taxation system for their resu…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3123-37

The adapted companies referred to in article L. 5213-13 may conclude an intermittent employment contract even in the absence of a collective labour agreement, provided that this contract is concluded…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1665

A decree sets out the terms of application of articles 1663 B and 1663 C.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Space heating

Article R4227-16

Liquid fuels with a flash point below 55°C may not be used for heating.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Ionising radiation.

Article R1337-14-3

…a nuclear activity to make the declaration provided for in the second paragraph of I of Article L. 1333-13;2° Failure by the person responsible for a nuclear activity to make the declaration provided…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Reserving contracts for economic operators employing disabled and disadvantaged workers

Article R2113-7

The purchaser may implement the reservation provided for in articles L. 2113-12, L. 2113-13 or L. 2113-13-1 when the minimum proportion mentioned in these articles is at least 50%. The decision to res…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Declaration and approval of organisations

Article L7232-1-2

…L. 631-13 du code de la construction et de l'habitation.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article L3542-1

…ceships on the date of the first meeting following the renewal of the General Council of Mayotte in 2011;2° Any expenditure related to the exercise of a competence transferred by the State from the sa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-25

…en adjusted. The provisions relating to the maximum number of renewals, set out in articles L. 1243-13 and L. 1243-13-1, do not apply.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Tax deductions and reductions for overseas investments

Article L333-3

…e income that companies subject to corporation tax may make in respect of profits invested in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French So…

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