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Showing 26212630 of 2923 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 30 Nov. 2018 – no. 2018-749 QPC

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

Article 1609 B

…of the public establishment within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of article 46 of law no. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012. For the first year for which the public insti…

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

Article 1599 quater B

…n services not subject to subscription to one of the subscriptions mentioned in article 34-1 of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to freedom of communication connected to equipment mention…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Bodies

Article L5211-10

…hat resulting from the application of the second and third paragraphs, without being able to exceed 30% of its own workforce and the number of fifteen or, in the case of a metropolis, twenty. In this…

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

Article L613-46

…ter are considered to be entities in the same group. The central bodies mentioned in Article L. 511-30 , on the one hand, and the credit institutions and investment firms affiliated to them and their…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Hospital practitioners.

Article L6152-5-1

…h during which the prohibition is not complied with. The amount of this compensation may not exceed 30% of the average monthly remuneration received during the last six months of activity.As soon as n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Community of communes

Article L5214-23-2

…total amount paid in 2008 for all the compensation mentioned in I to X of Article 48 of Finance Act no. 2008-1425 of 27 December 2008 for 2009 and the total amount of this same compensation provided f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Urban Community

Article L5215-35

…l amount paid in 2008 for all the compensation mentioned in I to X of the article 48 of Finance Act no. 2008-1425 of 27 December 2008 for 2009 and the total amount of this same compensation provided f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article D214-113

…constituting financial futures based on indices meeting the conditions defined in Article R. 214-32-30, the investment underlying these contracts must be taken into account for the application of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L2336-5

…its member municipalities, freely, without being able to have the effect of deviating by more than 30% from the allocation calculated in application of the first paragraph of this II, and then betwee…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the use of a liability management structure

Article L311-42

…son in resolution, after noting the failure of the procedure mentioned in 3° of I of Article L. 311-30 or 1°, to enter into a trust agreement with one or more trustee-beneficiaries designated by it. I…

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