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Showing 29212930 of 37804 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 2e – 31 May 2018 – no. 17-17518

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AH

…ended for use in industrial automation applications, acquired or created between 1 October 2013 and 31 December 2016, may be subject to exceptional depreciation over twenty-four months from the date o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: End of the research period

Article L1233-57-21

…by the reports mentioned in articles L. 1233-57-17 and L. 1233-57-20, the administrative authority may request the reimbursement of pecuniary aid for installation, economic development, research or e…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L361-4

For the application of this book in Mayotte: 1° References to the court of appeal are replaced by the reference to the appeal chamber of the court of appeal of Saint-Denis de La Réunion in Mamoudzou;…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Submission and processing of visa and travel authorisation applications

Article R312-1

…of a travel authorisation shall make their request under the conditions set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 September 2018 on the establishment of…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XVI: Controls on cash transported by bearer or forming part of a consignment without the intervention of a bearer to or from abroad.

Article 464

…nd shipments without the intervention of a bearer of cash, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash enter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application for marketing authorisation or registration

Article D5141-55

…in Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC; b) A veterinary medicinal…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R351-8

…on indiquée dans la colonne de droite du même tableau : ARTICLES APPLICABLES DANS LEUR RÉDACTION R. 314-1, R. 314-2, R. 314-3 with the exception of its last paragraph, R. 314-4 with the exception of i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds concerning the transfer of assets by succession or gift

Article A444-67

Documents relating to an inter vivos gift (numbers 16 to 19 of table 5) give rise to the collection of an emolument proportional to the value in full ownership (including in the case of a usufruct res…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Promotion.

Article R6152-611

…ears. 9th step: two years. 10th step: three years. 11th step: four years. The attached practitioner may be recruited at the step he/she has acquired in another establishment. Practitioners recruited a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 6: Temporary storage (R).

Article R2213-29

After the coffin has been closed, in accordance with the provisions of article R. 2213-20, it may be temporarily deposited in a religious building, a burial chamber, at the crematorium, in a depositor…

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