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Showing 881890 of 44553 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 June 1968 · Cass. com. 11 March 2008 · Cass. com. 12 July 1982 · Cass. com. 17 April 1953 · Cass. com. 4 December 1968 · CA Versailles 14 September 2006

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Public policy provisions

Article L314-26

The provisions of Chapter II and III and sections 2 to 7 of this chapter are of public order.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260 B

Transactions relating to banking, financial activities and, in general, trading in securities and money, as these activities are defined by decree, may, where they are exempt from value added tax, be…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IIa: Letting of premises intended for furnished accommodation

Article 260 D

For the purposes of applying value added tax, the letting of furnished or unfurnished premises whose final destination is furnished accommodation is always considered to be a supply of furnished accom…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Actual turnover system

Article 267 bis

…arged in addition to this tax and according to the same rules as the latter. In addition, flat-rate calculation methods may be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261 A

Services essential to the use of movable or immovable property and provided to their members by legal entities designated in article 239 octies in return for, independently of contributions, the stric…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Actual turnover system

Article 268 ter

…the taxable amount for the taxation of sales of high-value animals.II. - (Provision no longer applicable).

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article L2223-26

The equipment provided as part of the public funeral service by the licensed undertakers and undertakers or associations must be set up with a view to both religious funerals of any faith and funerals…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-26

Within two days of the arrest of the person claimed, the Public Prosecutor shall notify the latter, in a language he understands, of the documents by virtue of which he has been apprehended. He shall…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVI: Prosecution, investigation and trial of drug trafficking offences

Article 706-26

The offences provided for by articles 222-34 to 222-40 of the Penal Code, as well as the offence of participation in a criminal association provided for by article 450-1 of the same code when its purp…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Status of members, agents and employees of the agency

Article R232-26

The agency's non-statutory employees benefit from the guaranteed income scheme for unemployed workers.

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