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Showing 58615870 of 7195 articles for Art. n° 18PA03648 · CAA Marseille 31 March 2023

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208

…munications qui n'ont pas pour objet exclusif l'activité mentionnée au I de l'article 1er de la loi n° 69-1160 du 24 décembre 1969 pour la partie des bénéfices provenant des contrats de crédit-bail co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 ter

…are not negotiable on a regulated market under the conditions provided for in 3 or 4 of Article L. 313-7 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the sums corresponding to the share of the rent taken into…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L441-2

For the application of this book in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The civic training mentioned in 1° of article L. 413-3 includes a section relating t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-62

The Director General of the National Mountain Sports School prepares the work and implements the decisions of the Board of Directors. He represents the school in all civil acts. He is authorised to ta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-5

I. - A UCITS may have one or more sub-funds if its articles of association or fund rules so provide. Each sub-fund gives rise to the issue of a class of units or shares representing the assets of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-11

The UCITS' depositary is liable to the UCITS or to the unitholders or shareholders for the loss by the depositary, or by a third party to whom custody has been delegated, of financial instruments held…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Deposit guarantee mechanism and resolution funding mechanism

Article L312-6-1

Where the European Commission takes a decision pursuant to Article 19(3) of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2014 on the compatibility of recourse t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L1333-25

When devices containing radioactive sources or ionising radiation generators are made available on the market, suppliers shall provide the purchaser with adequate information on the potential radiolog…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5 : Groupings, agreements and commitments and commitments

Article L212-24

I.-The approval provided for in 1° and 2° of article L. 212-23 is issued by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée on the basis of the compliance of programming commitment…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1471-1

…Book IITitle IL. 1210-1 to L. 1212-4 Title IIL. 1220-1 to L. 1220-3 Book IIIL. 1300-1 In Title IL. 1311-1 to L. 1312-2 In Title IIL. 1321-1 to L. 1323-1 In Title IIIL. 1330-1

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