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Showing 31113120 of 21704 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 11 Mar. 2008 – no. 07-10.590

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-79

The introduction of the fee mentioned in article L. 2333-76 entails the abolition of the household waste removal tax and the fee provided for in article L. 2333-77.This abolition takes effect:- from 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: La Monnaie de Paris

Article R121-14

…technical civil servants from the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry governed by Decree no. 68-270 of 19 March 1968. He is responsible for the individual management of all staff members, s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to exceptional support for companies producing and distributing cinematographic works during the period of resumption of theatrical exhibition of cinematographic works

Article 914-4

…nt. However, for cinematographic works that have benefited from the provisions of article 17 of law no. 2020-290 of 23 March 2020 on the emergency response to the covid-19 epidemic and for cinematogra…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-4

…89-1 any person guilty of any of the following offences: 1° Offence provided for in Article L. 1333-11 of the Defence Code; 2° Délit d'appropriation indue prévue par Article L. 1333-9 of the aforement…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Registration, land registration, property wealth tax, stamp duty

Article 1716 A

…the same law and whose objection has been validated under the conditions provided for by the decree no. 70-813 of 11 September 1970 (See decree no. 78-231 of 2 March 1978, article 3).

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Lawyers' fees

Article A444-193

…OF SERVICE EMOLUMENT 5 Requests for reparations and information on the person of the debtor seized 11,54 €, for all 6 Requests and requests for information on the seized property €11.54, per requisit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 881 G

…to the issue of copies and information provided for by articles 2 and 3 of the arrêté du 10 octobre 2008 pris pour l'application des articles 10 du décret n° 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955 et 9 du décret n°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-20-5

…és financiers is the competent authority within the meaning of Article 40 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchmarks in fin…

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

Article LO6262-2

If the budget is not adopted before 31 March of the financial year to which it applies or before 15 April of the year of the renewal of the Territorial Council, the State representative immediately re…

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

Article LO6362-2

If the budget is not adopted before 31 March of the financial year to which it applies or before 15 April of the year of the renewal of the Territorial Council, the State representative immediately re…

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