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Showing 25012510 of 18954 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 31 Oct. 2000

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article D527-1

In accordance with the provisions of article 730-2, conditional release may only be granted after a multi-disciplinary assessment of dangerousness, accompanied by a medical examination, when it concer…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1586 nonies

I. - At the request of the company, the added value of establishments exempt from business property tax pursuant to the decision of a municipality or a public establishment for inter-municipal coopera…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Planning and sustainable development

Article R4424-6-1

…Articles R. 414-3 to R. 414-7 of the Environment Code as well as the article 2 of decree no. 2001-1031 of 8 November 2001 relating to the procedure for designating Natura 2000 sites ;4°Explains the re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L950-1

…pply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° Book I, with the exception of Articles L. 123-29 to L. 123-31, L. 124-1 to L. 126-1, L. 135-1 to L. 135-3;Article L. 123-6 shall apply in its wording resulting…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 decies G bis

…nses actually incurred for the work mentioned in II of this article, adopted from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2019 at a general meeting of co-owners in application of Act no. 65-557 du 10 juillet 19…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Equalisation funds

Article 1648 AC

I. - With effect from 1st January 2000, a compensation fund for airport nuisance in the communes bordering Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport and a compensation fund for airport nuisance in the communes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Tasks that may be carried out by dispensing pharmacists

Article R5125-33-8

…020 extending the state of health emergency and supplementing its provisions or law no. 2021-689 of 31 May 2021 relating to the management of the end of health crises, he/she is exempt from following…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1e: Taxpayers carrying on their professional activity within the framework of a partnership

Article 151 nonies

…ntract covering such property and entered into under the conditions provided for in 2 of Article L. 313-7 of the Monetary and Financial Code, of rights or shares in companies whose assets consist main…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quaterdecies

1 The net amount of short-term capital gains may be divided equally between the year in which they are realised and the following two years.It refers to the excess of these capital gains over capital…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1640

I. - The new municipality or, by concerted deliberations of principle taken before 1st October of the year preceding that of its creation, the municipalities and, where applicable, the public establis…

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