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Showing 42314240 of 20406 articles for Art. Cass. com. 21 janvier 1997 n° 94-19016

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260

The following may pay value added tax at their request: 1° (Provision no longer applicable). 2° Persons who let bare premises for the purposes of the business of a lessee liable for value added tax or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ac: Record-keeping

Article 286 quater

I.-1. Every taxable person shall keep a register of goods dispatched or transported, by himself or on his behalf, to the territory of another Member State of the European Union and intended in that St…

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

Article 689-3

…including diplomatic agents; 2° Offences against the freedom to come and go as defined in Article 421-1 of the Penal Code or any other crime or misdemeanour involving the use of bombs, grenades, rock…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special transfer rules

Article D132-9

I. - This article applies to the contracts mentioned in 1° of article L. 143-1, whether or not they have been taken out under the authorisation provided for in the same article and in article L. 382-1…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R441-2-1

Where the agreement provides for the possibility of a reduction in the value of the annuity unit, this reduction may only occur where the ratio between, on the one hand, the sum of the special technic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 C

I. - The exemption from property tax on built-up properties and from the business property tax provided for in articles 1383 A and 1464 B is subject to a decision by the deliberating body of the local…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-1

…ablishments with their own tax system, to those defined in the first paragraph of 1° of Article L. 5214-23 with regard to communities of communes, to 1° of Article L. 5215-32 with regard to urban comm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Quality of vocational training courses

Article L6316-4

I.-Public and private secondary education establishments associated with the State by contract that have declared an apprentice training centre are subject to the certification requirement mentioned i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-1

Title I and Chapter I of Title II of Book I of this Part, with the exception of Article L. 5121-9-1, as well as Articles L. 5122-1, L. 5124-13, L. 5125-1-1 and 6° of Article L. 5125-32 are applicable…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of redeployment leave

Article R1233-32

During the period of redeployment leave that exceeds the notice period, the employee receives monthly remuneration at the employer's expense. The amount of this remuneration is at least equal to 65% o…

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