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Showing 421430 of 25706 articles for Art. Cass. com. 17 December 1991 · Cass. com. 12 November 1992 · Cass. 3e civ. 24 November 1987

French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Miscellaneous measures

Article 1755

1. Except in the case of fraudulent manoeuvres, tax increases of any kind are not applicable to taxpayers who have spontaneously made known, by registered letter sent within three months of joining an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Access to payment accounts

Article D133-12

…ith the obligations set out in Article 32 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2018/389 of 27 November 2017, payment service providers providing the payment initiation service, on the one hand,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Implementation of the apprenticeship programme

Article R1161-24

…cipation in the programme; 6° The operator complies with the provisions of article 25 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties by requesting aut…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-24

…he purposes of this article, no account shall be taken of financial years ending before 1 January 2017.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Agency committee.

Article D6431-24

The appointment to the agency committee of the representatives of the categories of staff is the subject of an agreement between the representative trade union organisations concerned. In the event th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Taxpayer returns

Article 171

A taxpayer is deemed to have filed the declaration provided for in 1 of article 170 if, at the latest one month before the date referred to in the first paragraph of article 175, which may be extended…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R6223-17

…icles of Association in accordance with the conditions set out inarticle 11 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5: Offences committed by third-party declarants

Article 1736

…the undeclared sums shall be imposed for failure to comply with the obligations set out in article 240 and 1 of article 242 ter and article 242 ter B. The fine is not applicable, in the event of a fi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of delegated producers

Article L213-24

…there is a collective agreement or a specific agreement made compulsory on the basis ofarticle L. 212-8 of the same code providing, for the benefit of performers, for remuneration conditional on the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XIX: Declaration of income from transferable securities (IFU)

Article 242 ter

…Persons who ensure the payment of income from transferable capital referred to in articles 108 to 125 as well as income from capitalisation bonds or contracts and investments of the same nature are…

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