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Showing 16411650 of 60729 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte 7 July 2006 n° 04-14.788 · Cass. soc. 21 March 2006 · Cass. soc. 15 November 1994 · Cass. soc. 19 December 2007 · Cass. soc. 25 October 2000 · Cass. soc. 10 October 2006 · Cass. soc. 1 June 2016 · Cass. soc. 17 April 2019

French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Household waste collection tax

Article 1522

…lished on the basis of the net income serving as the basis for the property tax, defined by Article 1388.The tax base for dwellings occupied by civil servants and civilian or military employees referr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
16° : Tax reduction for dependency expenses

Article 199 quindecies

…B and who are accommodated in an establishment or in a service mentioned in 6° of I of Article L. 312-1 of the code de l'action sociale et des familles, in an establishment providing long-term care,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° quater : Tax reduction for interest on deferred payment granted when a farm is transferred

Article 199 vicies A

1. Taxpayers domiciled in France for tax purposes within the meaning of Article 4 B benefit from a reduction in income tax on the interest received in respect of the deferred payment they grant to far…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-19

In accordance with the provisions of article R. 663-19, the liquidator appointed pursuant to the provisions of article L. 641-1, shall receive, for the entire judicial liquidation procedure, the fee p…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Special provisions for certain cross-border investigative measures.

Article 178-1

Where an investigative measure ordered abroad pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/1783 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2020 on cooperation between the courts of the Member St…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-19-4

…rvice under the conditions set by the authority mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 2224-19-1;- or, in the absence of metering devices, justification of the compliance of metering devices w…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 9: Organisation of training leading to qualifications in physical and sporting activities in a specific environment

Article A212-175-13

…n the event of failure to comply with the obligations of the specifications mentioned in article A. 212-175-11, formal notice is sent to the establishment. The establishment has a maximum of one year…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1015

Where it is intended to raise one or more pleas of its own motion, to reject a plea by substituting a purely legal ground raised of its own motion for an erroneous one, or to declare a case quashed wi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Mobilisation of loans by the assignee or the pledgee

Article R754-10

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 313-19n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 313-20No. 2021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 313-22no. 2005-1007 of 22 A…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Savings banks

Article 1062

Subject to the provisions of 3° of l'article 679, printed matter, writings and deeds of any kind necessary for the service of the savings banks and the national savings bank are exempt from registrati…

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