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Showing 46214630 of 5857 articles for Art. 12 juill. 2018

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 258 A

…value specified in 1 of II of Article 259 D of the supplies of services referred to in 10°, 11° and 12° of Article 259 B and of the intra-Community distance sales of goods carried out by the taxable p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1394

…rnment by the national forestry office;cemeteries, including those constituted under article L. 522-12 of the code des pensions militaires d'invalidité et des victimes de guerre pour la sépulture des…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: EXPENDITURE

Article L3321-1

…rtmental building;2° Expenditure relating to the functional allowances provided for in articles L. 3123-15 to L. 3123-18 and the training costs for elected representatives referred to in article L. 31…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-22

…se of the performance of their duties in the situations and under the conditions defined in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : State financial aid

Article L3334-16-3

…rtements. For the territorial authority of Guyane, the balance used is that recorded at 31 December 2018. For the department of La Réunion, the balance used is that recorded at 31 December 2019. For t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-22

I.-Natural persons guilty of the offence referred to in article L. 1125-21 shall also be liable to the following penalties: 1° disqualification from civic, civil and family rights, in accordance with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-21

I.-Natural persons guilty of the offence referred to in article L. 1126-20 shall also be liable to the following penalties: 1° Disqualification from civic, civil and family rights, in accordance with…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Exploitation on on-demand audiovisual media services

Article L232-1

…a professional agreement made compulsory within one month of the publication of law no. 2009-669 of 12 June 2009 promoting the dissemination and protection of creativity on the internet, the cinematog…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising municipal mandates

Article L2123-14

…e of the minimum growth wage per hour.The provisional amount of training expenses under article L. 2123-12 may not be less than 2% of the total amount of functional allowances that may be allocated to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-14

…y obtain compensation under the conditions set out in Articles 706-3 (3° and last paragraph) to 706-12, when his resources are below the ceiling set by l'article 4 de la loi n° 91-647 du 10 juillet 19…

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