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Showing 46714680 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
4a: Levy on income from capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125-0 A

…s equal to or greater than six years for bonds or contracts taken out between 1 January 1983 and 31 December 1989 and eight years for bonds or contracts taken out from 1 January 1990, the following is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-12-2

I.-The territorial professional health community referred to in article L. 1434-12 may be required, under an agreement signed with the regional health agency and the local primary health insurance fun…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-12-1

…contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.Pursuant to Articles 4 and 15 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013, the acquisition or extension of direct or indirect shareholdings in a cr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable in the départements of Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise and Yvelines

Article R*122-3

By way of derogation from article R. * 122-1 and the first paragraph of article 11-1 of decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004, on the rights-of-way of the Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Le Bourget and Paris-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-12-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VII-0 A : Property wealth tax

Article 1723 ter-00 B

Spouses and partners bound by a civil solidarity pact defined by Article 515-1 of the Civil Code are jointly and severally liable for payment of the tax on real estate wealth.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Procedures for the performance of judicial police duties by authorised tax officials

Article R15-33-29-17

The provisions of articles R. 15-33-18 and R. 15-33-20 to R. 15-33-23 are applicable to the exercise of judicial police missions by authorised tax agents.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-17

…act without prior advertising or competitive tendering under the conditions set out in articles R. 2122-1 to R. 2122-8 of the French Public Procurement Code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Service regulations and pricing

Article L2224-12-4

…ce the average consumption.The charges and sums provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 2224-12-2 are calculated taking account of invoiced consumption.A decree in the Conseil d'Etat specifi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Informing the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-12-1

In the cases provided for by 6° of Article 706-53-2, the person must be informed and provided with the document provided for by Article R. 53-8-9 are made, under the conditions set out in the third an…

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