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Showing 2130 of 28175 articles for Art. Loi 1975-1334 du 31-12-1975

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 duodecies A

…Article L. 313-7 of the Monetary and Financial Code is subject to the regime defined in articles 39 duodecies et seq. It is considered as a short-term capital gain up to the fraction of the rental pay…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: List of reference works

Article 311-31

…made, on a provisional basis, for episodes that have been broadcast or made available to the public during the previous year on a television service or on-demand audiovisual media service, whose publi…

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

Article 312-31

Rewriting grants are awarded for the following audiovisual projects:1° Fiction projects, either in the form of single programmes with a planned running time of at least 60 minutes, or in the form of s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Terms and conditions for redeeming electronic money

Article L133-31

As an exception to article L. 133-30, when the parties are bound by a contract that expressly provides for a term, they may agree to reimburse expenses only in the following cases:1° The request for r…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 12: Maintenance and repair of household electrical or electronic equipment

Article R224-31

The obligation set out in article L. 224-109 is not applicable when parts from the circular economy are not available within the timeframe compatible with the date or timeframe for the provision of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 31

The Public Prosecutor's Office conducts public prosecutions and seeks the application of the law, in compliance with the principle of impartiality to which it is bound.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Notification to the Banque de France of payment incidents and regularisations.

Article R131-31

The drawee notifies the Banque de France of the adjustment no later than the second business day following the justification. Where the account holder has been the subject of several non-payment notic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Appearance of the accused

Article 319

If an accused person refuses to appear, a summons is served on him in the name of the law, by a bailiff appointed for this purpose by the president, and assisted by the force publique. The bailiff sha…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Action.

Article 31

The action is open to all those who have a legitimate interest in the success or rejection of a claim, subject to cases in which the law attributes the right to act only to persons whom it qualifies t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 313

The Public Prosecutor shall, in the name of the law, make any submissions that he or she considers useful: the court is required to take note of them and to deliberate on them. The public prosecutor's…

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