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Showing 881890 of 30105 articles for Art. Décret 2015-1763 du 24-12-2015

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-41

The redemption by the fund of its units and the issue of new units may be temporarily suspended by the management company when exceptional circumstances so require and if the interests of the unithold…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2a: Farm-saved seed

Article L623-24-1

…e right to use on their own holdings, without the breeder's authorisation, for the purposes of reproduction or multiplication, the product of the harvest that they have obtained by planting a protecte…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12 bis : Fees payable for occupancy of the public domain by water and sewerage works

Article R2333-122

…the joint association shall set, under the conditions provided for in Article R. 2333-121, the fee due for the occupation, by the works of the public drinking water and sanitation services, of the pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12 bis : Fees payable for occupancy of the public domain by water and sewerage works

Article R2333-123

…of the agreement or to the municipality's contribution to the costs of establishing works, the part due for the occupation of the public domain is established separately on the occasion of the first r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12 bis : Fees payable for occupancy of the public domain by water and sewerage works

Article R2333-121

…ring" index, defined in the Journal officiel of 1 March 1974 and published in the Bulletin officiel du ministère chargé de l'équipement, measured over the twelve months preceding the publication of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Investment rules

Article L214-24-55

…is;7° receivables.SICAVs may acquire the movable and immovable property necessary for the direct conduct of their business.II. - Units or shares in collective investment schemes or closed-end investme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLVII: Tax credit for credit institutions and finance companies that grant zero-rate loans for first-time home ownership

Article 244 quater V

…of the tax credit is equal to the difference between the discounted sum of the monthly instalments due in respect of the non-interest-bearing loan and the discounted sum of the amounts received in re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification of a person by genetic fingerprinting for medical purposes.

Article R6123-127

The conditions for setting up the activities mentioned in 19° of article R. 6122-25 are set out in Title III of Book I of Part One of this Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Operating rules

Article L214-24-51

…count;2° Realised capital gains, net of costs, less realised capital losses, net of costs, recorded during the financial year, plus net capital gains of the same nature recorded during previous financ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXXI : Family tax credit

Article 244 quater F

…n respect of the financial assistance from the company mentioned in articles L. 7233-4 et L. 7233-5 du code du travail.3. They may also benefit from a tax credit equal to 10% of the sum of:a) Training…

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