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Showing 18411850 of 18954 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 31 Oct. 2000

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 bis-0 A

…s.II. - The accounting obligations relating to repurchase agreements are set out in articles L. 211-31 to L. 211-33 of the Monetary and Financial Code.III. - In the event of default by one of the part…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-2

…provisions do not apply when the failure to adopt results from the absence of communication before 31 March to the deliberating body of information that is essential for drawing up the budget. The li…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-5

…professional secrecy of the defence and counsel, provided for in article 66-5 of law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions, except in the cases provided for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 157 bis

Taxpayers aged over sixty-five on 31 December of the tax year, or meeting one of the disability conditions mentioned in article 195, may deduct an amount of:- €2,620 from their net overall income if t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 236 ter

…nded law no. 76-629 of 10 July 1976 relating to the protection of nature and the law no. 76-1285 of 31 December 1976 reforming town planning. Sums deducted in this way are deducted from income for the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-34

…rsuant to the provisions of Article 413-9 of the Criminal Code, the provisions of 3° of Article 694-31 of this Code shall apply.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article R311-21

…in the territory of one or more Member States of the European Economic Area, pursuant to Article L. 311-31, Article L. 311-36, II of Article L. 311-42 or II of Article L. 311-48, the resolution colleg…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1765

…of the conditions laid down for the application, as the case may be, of articles L. 221-30, L. 221-31 and L. 221-32 or articles L. 221-32-1, L. 221-32-2 and L. 221-32-3 of the Monetary and Financial…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-46-6

…reement, refer the matter within two days to the European Banking Authority on the basis of Article 31 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article LO6262-2

If the budget is not adopted before 31 March of the financial year to which it applies or before 15 April of the year of the renewal of the Territorial Council, the State representative immediately re…

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