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Showing 38813890 of 21130 articles for Art. n° 86-10357 · Cass. 1re civ. 17 January 2006

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2573-6

…8-607 of 13 July 2018 L. 2122-6 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 L. 2122-7 law no. 2007-128 of 31 January 2007 L. 2122-7-1 to L. 2122-8 Act no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 L. 2122-9 law no. 2013-4…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Updates

Article L217-20

…tion. When the consumer exercises his right to rescind the contract, the provisions of articles L. 217-16 and L. 217-17 apply. This article does not apply in the case of a grouped offer within the mea…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 208 quinquies

I. - Legal entities subject ipso jure or by option to corporation tax under the conditions of ordinary law, which, within five years of the establishment of one of the zones provided for in Article 1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Revenue

Article L6364-5

…e on Saint-Martin and by the Guadeloupe department to the collèges on Saint-Martin between 1997 and 2006 inclusive; this amount incorporates indexation following the application of the growth rate for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Professional secrecy

Article L511-33

…proceedings, or the committees of enquiry set up pursuant to Article 6 of Ordinance No. 58-1100 of 17 November 1958 on the functioning of parliamentary assemblies.Credit institutions and finance comp…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-8

The electronic communications operators mentioned in Article L. 34-1 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code are required to communicate, by interconnection to the automated processing o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter XVIII: Contribution on the transfer to a television service of the rights to broadcast sporting events or competitions

Article 302 bis ZE

A contribution is hereby instituted on the transfer to a publisher or distributor of television services within the meaning of Articles 2 and 2-1 of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to fr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Additional tax on certain registration duties

Article 1584 bis

The municipal council may, by deliberation, reduce the rate of the additional tax on registration duties or land registration tax by up to 0.5% for the transfers referred to in 1° of 1 of article 1584…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Holidays.

Article R6152-38

A practitioner suffering from a duly diagnosed condition which, with the exception of the pathologies mentioned in article R. 6152-39, on the list drawn up in application of article 28 of decree no. 8…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article L321-36

…form shall continue to be carried out in accordance with the procedures set out in Article L. 3211-17 of the General Code on the Ownership of Public Persons. However, by way of derogation from the pr…

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