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Showing 17211730 of 18298 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 Oct. 1986

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 nonies C

…orementioned Law no. 2009-1673 of 30 December 2009 and in III of Article 79 of Law no. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 on finance for 2019 may decide to make this reduction in compensation allocations o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-1

…ssional agreements satisfying the conditions of this article made in application of articles L. 213-28 to L. 213-37 and L. 251-5 to L. 251-13 of the Code du cinéma et de l'image animée, the conditions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1601

…et so as to comply with the general ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the 2012 finances for chambers of trades and crafts.This individual ceiling is o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1607 ter

…nning code, within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the finances for 2012, a special equipment tax intended to finance their land an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Categories of revenue

Article L3332-1

…° The fraction of value added tax provided for in A to E of V of Article 16 of Law No. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on the finances for 2020;10° The fraction of the net proceeds of value added tax co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790 A bis

…work and expenditure eligible for the bonus provided for in II of Article 15 of Law No 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finance for 2020 and carried out in favour of the energy renovation of the dwell…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-30

…r the cessation or interruption of exploitation, or the confiscation provided for in Article L. 623-28-1. If an expert appraisal or description, with or without actual seizure, is ordered by the presi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: FAMILY GROUPING SCHEME

Article R434-5

…m² per person up to eight people and by 5 m² per additional person above eight people;c) in zone C: 28 m² for a childless household or two people, increased by 10 m² per person up to eight people and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L5832-2

…4 ; 2° Article L. 5211-9-2; 2° bis Articles L. 5211-11-2 and L. 5211-11-3; 3° Les articles L. 5211-28 to L. 5211-35-1 ; 4° Article L. 5211-40-1; 5° The articles L. 5211-41 to L. 5211-41-3 ; 6° Les ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article R1424-24

…rs and fitness medicine for volunteer firefighters, under the conditions set out in article R. 1424-28 ;3° Advice on preventive medicine, health and safety, in particular to the specialised health, sa…

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