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Showing 34013410 of 44611 articles for Art. s. L. 145-15 et L. 145-16

French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection I: General information

Article 1635 quater A

…f article 1639 A bis, a development tax, intended to provide for the expenses mentioned in articles L. 331-1 and L. 331-2 of the town planning code, is instituted in communes with a local town plannin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents.

Article R123-154-1

…d to the authorities, legal entities and institutions referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 232-25. Annual accounts that are accompanied by a simplified publication statement pursuant to Ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-16-1

Prior to any decision resulting in the temporary or permanent cessation of imprisonment of a person sentenced to a custodial sentence before the expiry date of that sentence, the sentence enforcement…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Rounding rules

Article 1647-00 A

Les prélèvements pour frais d'assiette et de recouvrement mentionnés aux articles 1641 and 1647 are rounded to the nearest euro. The fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is counted as 1.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R431-16-3

…of the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance, with one account for transactions carried out under Articles L. 431-4 and L. 431-5, one account for transactions carried out under Article L. 431-9 and one accou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Counting of votes

Article D4233-15-4

…extracted from the envelopes in which they were sent, which are collected and attached to the minutes. The ballot papers are counted under the supervision of the members of the polling station. Blank…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 quinquies B

…lders of units in venture capital mutual funds or specialised professional funds covered by Article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code as it stood prior to l'ordonnance n° 2013-676 du 25 jui…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Control measures for cash transactions and transfers of sums, securities or assets

Article 1649 quater A

…persons to or from a Member State of the European Union are carried out in accordance with Articles L. 152-1 to L. 152-1-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code.Cash, within the meaning of Regulation (EU…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V quinquies : Duties levied for the benefit of the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie (National Health Insurance Fund)

Article 1635 bis AE

I. - Filing with the agency mentioned in article L. 5311-1 of the Public Health Code of each:1° Application for registration referred to in articles L. 5121-13 and L. 5121-14 of the same code, of each…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Diplomas provided for in Article L. 2223-25-1

Article D2223-55-16

…ies or associations, and their establishments, offering one of the services provided for in article L. 2223-19 and authorised in accordance with article L. 2223-23, inform their employees or agents of…

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