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Showing 67916800 of 11310 articles for Art. Loi n° 81-766 – 10 Aug. 1981 – loi Lang

French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 UB

…with a balancing payment where the amount of the balancing payment received by the taxpayer exceeds 10% of the nominal value of the securities received. Where the amount of the balancing payment recei…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-2-1

…228-97 of the French Commercial Code, and subject to the penalties provided for by articles L. 242-10 and L. 242-30 of said Code and, in the case of bonds, by articles L. 245-8 to L. 245-12 (1° to 5°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: External control

Article L518-15-2

…taking into account the seriousness of the breaches, a fine of up to one hundred million euros or 10% of annual net sales. The corresponding sums are recovered by the Treasury and paid into the Stat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-3

…perty attorney or a lawyer. The applicant may, until the publication provided for in Article R. 512-10, obtain at his own expense an official copy of the documents contained in his filing.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Financial provisions

Article L2412-1

…tion of the section's annexed budget and the application of the rules prescribed in Article L. 2411-10.If the union commission has not been set up, this request is made by half of the electors of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-15

…on of partnership contracts;9° The statement of changes in assets provided for in Article L. 3213-2;10° Other statements relating to the assets and financial position of the local authority and its va…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Regional Plan for Spatial Planning, Sustainable Development and Equality

Article L4251-5

…gional committee in charge of biodiversity provided for by article L. 371-3 of the Environment Code;10° Where applicable, the massif committees provided for in Article 3 of Law no. 85-30 of 9 January…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34-4

…tory auditors or persons carrying out statutory audits in other Member States of the European Union;10° Any potential acquirer referred to in 1° of Article L. 613-50-7;11° The authorities of third cou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions

Article L5216-8

…la taxe professionnelle et le reversement du Fonds national de garantie individuelle des ressources;10° Le cas échéant, le produit des taxes prévues aux articles 1528, 1529, 1530 and 1530 bis of the G…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award conditions relating to the employee

Article R5123-29

…meaning of c) of article 70-3 of the decree of 29 December 1945 as amended by decree no. 76-404 of 10 May 1976 or work in successive shifts, or have habitually worked two hundred nights or more per y…

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