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Showing 11111120 of 27215 articles for Art. Décret 2015-981 du 31 juillet 2015

French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Special provisions for gifts

Article 790 H

…inter vivos, made in full ownership and evidenced by a notarised deed signed between 1 January and 31 December 2015, of building land defined in 1° of 2 of I of Article 257 are exempt from free trans…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article R1245-34

The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé is responsible for :1° Assigning the code defined in a of 2° of Article R. 1245-31 to the establishments it authorises pursuant…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5841-1

…at of the syndicate" are replaced by the words: "haut-commissaire de la République"; 2° The words: "du ou des représentants de l'Etat" are replaced by the words: "du haut-commissaire de la République"…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General provisions

Article 679

…egistration which are voluntarily submitted to this formality; 4° Deeds referred to in l'article 37 du décret n° 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955 modifié qui sont présentés volontairement à la formalité de la…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Exemptions

Article 749 A

Sont exonérés du droit d'enregistrement ou de la taxe de publicité foncière prévus à Article 746 shares of built-up property, groups of built-up properties or property complexes subject to the loi n°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Amending entries.

Article R123-122

…rator's powers; e) Ordering the partial cessation of business pursuant to articles L. 622-10 or L. 631-15; f) Adopting the safeguard or reorganisation plan, with an indication of the name of the commi…

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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 R50-12-1

…out the assessment made by the guarantee fund for each head of loss and the amount of compensation due to the victim, taking into account the benefits listed in l'article 29 de la loi n° 85-677 du 5…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2a: Foodstuffs intended for specific groups

Article R412-18-1

…The provisions of Articles 1 to 12 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/127 of 25 September 2015, as amended, supplementing Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 as regards specific compositional and in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Control of the profession

Article L821-12-4

…ceding articles, the High Council is exempt from the application of the provisions of loi n° 68-678 du 26 juillet 1968 relative à la communication de documents et renseignements d'ordre économique, co…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Compensatory allowance

Article 1080

…ecifies the particulars required for publication of the title deed in the forms provided for by the décret n° 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955 portant réforme de la publicité foncière.

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