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Showing 18711880 of 54357 articles for Art. Cass. com. 16 January 1996 · Cass. com. 6 June 1972 · Cass. com. 2 July 2002 n° 00-18.243

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Feasibility assistance

Article 632-6

…g on the nature of the expenditure concerned, with the intensity rates provided for in 5 (c and d), 6 and 7 of Article 25 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 referred to in Artic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic and optional exemptions

Article 1635 quater E

I.-Par délibération prise dans les conditions prévues au VI de l'article 1639 A bis, les organes délibérants des communes ou des établissements publics de coopération intercommunale à fiscalité propre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Payment of the tax

Article 1635 quater T

The development tax and, where applicable, its instalments are paid to the beneficiary local authorities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation in accordance with procedures specifi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B undecies

…ave instituted the tax for the removal of household waste in accordance with articles 1379-0 bis, 1520 and 1609 quater vote on the rate of this tax under the conditions set out in Article 1639 A.2. Th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Declaration by operators of electronic contact platforms

Article 1649 ter D

…lers or service providers who carry out one or more of the transactions referred to in I of Article 1649 ter A and, where applicable, the properties rented. To this end, it collects information relati…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-16-1

…r operations recorded by a sports betting operator holding the authorisation provided for inArticle 21 of the aforementioned Law No. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010; 2° By request addressed to the company hol…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discipline.

Article L1442-16-1

The National Disciplinary Committee may only deliberate if at least four of its members, including the Chairman, are present. In the event of a tie, the Chairman shall have the casting vote.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Tax rates

Article 1635 quater O

…truction or development project is carried out in sectors with different rates pursuant to articles 1635 quater L and 1635 quater N of this code, the lowest rate is applied..

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Categories of incidents, terms and conditions for reporting significant or serious information systems security incidents

Article D1111-16-4

…ons and services carrying out prevention, diagnosis or care activities mentioned in article D. 1111-16-2 and medico-social establishments are :-health establishments ;-army hospitalsmedical biology la…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Chargeable event and assessment of the tax

Article 1635 quater F

…tax is, depending on the case: 1° The date of issue of the initial building or development consent; 2° The date on which the initial tacit planning permission came into being; > The date on which the…

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