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Showing 20312040 of 59507 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7 January 1987 · Cass. 3e civ. 25 March 2009 · Cass. com. 16 October 2019 · Cass. 1re civ. 1 October 1986

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256 bis

I. - 1° Intra-Community acquisitions of tangible movable property made for consideration by a taxable person acting as such, or by a non-taxable legal entity when the vendor is a taxable person acting…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256 ter

1. Each transfer of a single-use voucher by a taxable person acting in his own name shall be regarded as a supply of the goods or services to which the voucher relates. The physical handing over of go…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Remuneration.

Article R6152-25

…self-employed contribute to the supplementary social insurance pension scheme set up by decree no. 70-1277 of 23 December 1970 creating a supplementary social insurance pension scheme for non-tenured…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 quinquies B

…s of units in venture capital mutual funds or specialised professional funds covered by Article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code as it stood prior to l'ordonnance n° 2013-676 du 25 juillet…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Beneficiaries of the various social security schemes, medical assistance and article L. 115 of the pensions code

Article R1112-25

Recipients of state medical aid must be in possession of an emergency admission decision or, failing this, all the documents required to obtain reimbursement of all or part of their hospitalisation co…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-25

The conditions under which the assimilation and state of health of foreign nationals awaiting naturalisation will be checked will be laid down by decree.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Audits and complaints

Article 1635 quater S

…e person liable for the development tax may obtain total or partial discharge, reduction or refund: 1° If the constructions are demolished by virtue of a decision of the civil judge; 2° In the event o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-16-1

…s to its members and to the regional occupational health and prevention committee and makes public: 1° Its range of services as part of the core package referred to in article L. 4622-9-1; 2° Its rang…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-25

Amendments to the terms of the exploitation licence requested either by the owner of the patent or by the holder of that licence shall be decided and published in accordance with the procedure prescri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jobseekers

Article R6341-25

Jobseekers receive remuneration determined on a monthly basis when: 1° They are not supported under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of article L. 6341-1 ; 2° They are following approved…

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