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Showing 35813590 of 20171 articles for Art. Cass. crim. 22 January 1990

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personal data protection committees and competent authority

Article L1123-7

…means employed-the methodology of the research with regard to the provisions of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties, the need to collect and proces…

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

Article L2334-40

…août 2003 d'orientation et de programmation pour la ville et la rénovation urbaine, recorded on 1st January of the year of allocation, or there existed on 1st January 2021 on the communal territory at…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 219

…rm capital losses existing at the start of the first of the financial years beginning on or after 1 January 1994 are offset against long-term capital gains taxed at the rate of 19%. Excess long-term c…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1-2

…etting games on the basis of the provisions provided for in I of Article 137 of Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 relating to the growth and transformation of businesses, the draft contract between the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-3

…n matters of property effects of registered partnerships;- of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and comme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Local mining tax

Article 1519

…ch Republic.Where there are several baselines, the one closest to the coast is used.II. - 1° From 1 January 2023, the rates of the communal mining royalty are set at:- €183.50 per kilogram of gold con…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L364-2

…replaced by the reference to the district chief; 2° With the exception of articles L. 321-1 to L. 322-1 and L. 343-5, the words: "in France" are replaced by the words: "in the Wallis and Futuna Islan…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-1-1-2

…mitments referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1 are subject to the provisions of I of Article L. 533-22 of the Monetary and Financial Code, insofar as they invest in shares admitted to trading on a reg…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208

…e of their legal object; 1° ter (Repealed); 1° quater and 1° quinquies (Repealed with effect from 1 January 1993); 2°Companies whose exclusive object is the management of a portfolio of transferable s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3b: Equalised compensation scheme

Article L3334-16-3

…venu de solidarité active according to the procedures defined in II and III of this article. From 1 January 2019, the territorial collectivity of Guyana and, from 1 January 2020, the department of Réu…

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