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Showing 25812590 of 18954 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 31 Oct. 2000

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

Article 1609 D

…l'article 5 de la loi n° 96-1241 du 30 décembre 1996 précitée.The amount of this tax is set before 31 December each year, for the following year, within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Revenue

Article L3662-3

…owing the creation of the Lyon metropolis.II. - The protocol provided for in I shall be drawn up by 31 December 2014 at the latest by the local commission responsible for assessing the costs and resou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R5141-47-1

…Commission pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004, in more than one Member State of the European Union, the applicant must follow one of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 283

…on to a property by a subcontracting company, within the meaning of article 1 of law no. 75-1334 of 31 December 1975 relating to subcontracting, on behalf of a taxable lessee, the tax is paid by the l…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regulatory and monitoring role in the field of technical protection measures and the identification of protected works and objects

Article R331-44

…the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique mentioned in articles R. 331-36 to R. 331-38 and R. 331-41 are notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B : Assessment procedure

Article 1515

…se communes are classified as mountain areas and, by option of the general council exercised before 31 January 1974, in other departments.(1) The departmental consultative commission had been set up w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-36

…to the department for the current financial year, during the first half of the calendar year.Before 31 July of the current financial year, the list of operations that have received a grant as well as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-8

…pean Union pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004, laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L772-10

…mentioned in Article L. 712-10. III.For application in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, in Article L. 561-31-2 : 1° In the second paragraph of I, the words: "the Europol national unit mentioned in paragraph…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts.

Article R221-9

…cle L. 100-2 of the same code; 3° To finance legal entities covered by Article 1 of Law 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social economy. Where applicable, in order to enable verification of compliance…

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