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Showing 54115420 of 21202 articles for Art. Cass. soc. 15 December 2010

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article L592-1

…ns are applicable to Saint-Barthélemy in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by operation of law…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L593-1

…rovisions shall apply to Saint-Martin in their wording resulting from Ordinance No. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by operation of law…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-3

…all within the scope of Article 53 of the Social Security Funding Act for 2001 (no. 2000-1257 of 23 December 2000) or of l'article L. 126-1 of the Insurance Code or Chapter I of the loi n° 85-677 du 5…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Illegal practice.

Article L4161-2

…particular by articles L. 4111-7 and L. 4141-3-1, as well as by article 8 of law no. 71-1026 of 24 December 1971 amending the public health code; 2° Any person who, in possession of a valid title, ex…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 964

…respect of each year during which the taxpayer retains his or her tax domicile in France, until 31 December of the fifth year following that during which the tax domicile was established in France; 2…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Construction. Housing

Article 1051

…article L. 365-2 du code de la construction et de l'habitation; 1° bis Acquisitions, made before 31 December 2013, by low-income housing bodies, sociétés anonymes de crédit immobilier or their unions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 novovicies

…development of access to sport, up to the ceiling set in I of Article 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012.The levy is payable when the event or events on which the game is…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-7-3

…rtments, with the exception of those in the Department of Mayotte, is reduced by €588 million. In 2015, this allocation will be reduced by €1,450 million. In 2016, this allocation is reduced by €1,450…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Distribution of the proceeds of road traffic fines

Article L2334-25-1

…m the proceeds of the fines mentioned in a of 1° of B of I of article 49 of law no. 2005-1719 of 30 December 2005 cited above.From 1 January 2019, for the communes and groupings of the Ile-de-France r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Tax revenue and fees

Article L3662-2

…ation under the conditions provided for in 1° and 2° of II of article 46 of law no. 2005-1719 of 30 December 2005 on finance for 2006.

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