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Showing 26312640 of 61852 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 4 December 2013 · Cass. com. 15 November 2005 · Cass. com. 2 April 1974 · Cass. com. 13 May 1980

French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Flat-rate tax on network companies

Article 1519 E

…mount of the flat-rate tax is based on the installed capacity of each facility. It is equal to €3,394 per megawatt of power installed on 1 January of the year of taxation.IV. - The person liable for t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions relating to money market instruments

Article 1343-5

The judge may, taking into account the situation of the debtor and considering the needs of the creditor, defer or stagger, up to a maximum of two years, the payment of the sums due.By special reasone…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1396 bis

I.-In Mayotte, the tax base for property tax on undeveloped properties sold from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2025 by a public entity to illegal occupiers of land is subject to a reduction for the th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation

Article R1432-136

…days. The committee then sits validly regardless of the number of staff representatives present. It may not be called upon to deliberate again using the same procedure.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contribution of the armed forces health service to other public health initiatives

Article R6147-134

The departmental mobilisation plans mentioned in article L. 3131-8, the zonal mobilisation plan mentioned in article R. 3131-6 and the system mentioned in article L. 3131-11 include the measures speci…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Flat-rate tax on network companies

Article 1519 HA

…an or equal to 100,000 cubic metres and for which the usage tariffs are set pursuant to Articles L. 452-1 to L. 452-6 of the Energy Code;- €2,913,113 per liquefied natural gas facility whose storage c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conciliation.

Article R742-13

When the parties concerned take the initiative to have recourse to the regulatory conciliation procedure, the most diligent party sends the Minister or the Director of Maritime Affairs concerned a req…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Common provisions

Article L4312-13

…than or equal to 30, the Council of the Association is elected by a single-ballot majority system; 2° When the number of nurses of the same sex registered on the roll of the professional body and mee…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article L121-13

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons is administered by a Board of Directors, which sets the general guidelines for the Office's activity and deliberates on the proce…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: National Sports Agency

Article L112-13

…d for in the first sentence of the first paragraph and the last paragraph of 3° of Article 3 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, combating corruption and modernising economic life, th…

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