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Showing 51215130 of 37285 articles for Art. n° 20-20619 · Cass. com. 29 May 2024

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Local electronic communications networks and services

Article L1425-1

…k, local authorities and their groupings, where competence has previously been transferred to them, may, two months after publication of their project in a medium authorised to receive legal notices a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28-4

…ritory of a public inter-municipal cooperation establishment with its own tax authority, the latter may extend the payment of the community solidarity grant to public inter-municipal cooperation estab…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 13-6

…ry 200 bathers.When the number of toilets reserved for men is greater than two, half of the toilets may be replaced by urinals, the number of which must be at least equal to twice the number of toilet…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specialised credit institutions

Article R775-3

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 513-1-An° 2022-766 of 2 May 2022R. 513-1n° 2021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 513-2no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Municipal police

Article L2573-18

…ons under which the national police and national gendarmerie services apply the requisitions of the mayor. "III. - For the application of Article L. 2212-2-1: 1° The words: "500 euros" are replaced by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Data retention and penalties

Article L722-21

…d, mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Mayotte, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands ; 2° On the on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-150

Pharmacovigilance is carried out :1° For medicinal products and for products which must be covered by the marketing authorisation provided for in article L. 5121-8, after this authorisation has been i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXVII: Tax credit for research expenditure by industrial, commercial or agricultural companies

Article 244 quater B

…rsuant to Articles 44 sexies, 44 sexies A, 44 octies A, 44 duodecies, 44 terdecies to 44 septdecies may benefit from a tax credit in respect of the research expenditure they incur during the year. The…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1396

I. - Property tax on undeveloped properties is established on the basis of the cadastral rental value of these properties determined in accordance with the rules defined in

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART SIX

Article Annexe 61-3

…omputer equipment 2184 : Furniture 2188 : Other tangible fixed assets 228: Assets under concession 229...9: Cancellation and reduction of concession grantor revenue vouchers issued in prior years 2311…

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