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Showing 17411750 of 49119 articles for Art. L 145-16 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 February 1987 · Cass. 3e civ. 23 July 1986 · Cass. 3e civ. 29 February 1972 · Cass. com. 26 October 1993

French General Tax CodeIn force
VII: Operations involving manufactured tobacco

Article 298 quaterdecies

I. - Transactions involving manufactured tobacco are subject to value added tax under the conditions of ordinary law, subject to the provisions below.II. - The chargeable event for the value added tax…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Worker monitoring and individual health monitoring

Article R4452-29

When exposure in excess of the limit values is detected or when individual monitoring reveals that a worker is suffering from a disease or abnormality likely to result from exposure to artificial opti…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Deductions from apprenticeship tax

Article D6241-29

Expenditure that is deductible, pursuant to I of article L. 6241-2, from the main part of the apprenticeship tax referred to in the same I, is that which meets the following conditions:1° Expenditure…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-6

The duration of the suspension measures referred to in 2° of I of article L. 232-23 for a breach of 1° or 3° of article L. 232-10 shall be a minimum of four years. This sanction may go as far as perma…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Calculation for broadcasting on television services

Article 211-29

Sums are calculated for the broadcast, on television services whose publishers are subject to the tax provided for in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Overseas departments

Article 296 ter

In the departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion, value added tax is levied at the reduced rate in respect of:a) Construction work on progressive social housing, financed under the conditions…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Other security measures

Article D47-29-8

In accordance with the provisions of 11° bis of I of Article 23 of Law no. 2003-239 of 18 March 2003 for internal security, the public prosecutor shall inform the manager of the wanted persons file of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Commissions

Article D2315-29

A contracts committee is set up within the social and economic committee which exceeds, for at least two of the three criteria, the following thresholds: 1° The number of fifty employees at the end of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-15

For the application of the multiplying factors, only cinemas in cinemas with an average of at least 32 weeks of activity per year during the reference period are taken into account.By way of derogatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Other financial provisions

Article D1271-29

The issuer sends the legal entity or individual entrepreneur who finances all or part of the special payment vouchers mentioned in B of article L. 1271-1 information to be sent to the beneficiary of t…

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