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Showing 581590 of 714 articles for Art. 150 VA

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use.

Article L5138-2

…for internal use ;3° A pharmacy ;4° A doctor, a veterinarian or a person authorised to prepare self-vaccines for veterinary use mentioned in article L. 5142-1-1 or veterinary medicinal products mentio…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article D12

…the purposes of this paragraph, Paris and the departments of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne are considered to be a single department. When the public prosecutor in charge of the i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Nominations.

Article R713-8

I.-Any elector who meets the conditions set out in Article L. 713-4 may stand as a candidate in his sub-category or, failing that, in his professional category. No person may be a candidate in more th…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
XXa: Declaration by management companies of venture capital mutual funds, professional investment funds, partnerships and venture capital companies

Article 242 quinquies

…ulations or articles of association provide that unit holders or members may benefit from the tax advantages provided for in 2° of 5 of article 38 and to the articles 163 quinquies B, 150-0 A, 209-0 A…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Income and capital gains distributed by a property investment fund

Article 242 ter B

…ess. II. - The persons who ensure the payment of the distributed capital gains mentioned in article 150-0 F and the income and profits mentioned in III of article 239 nonies are also required to inclu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Capital gains realised by individuals

Article 248 F

The provisions of article 150-0 A are not applicable in the context of the transactions provided for in 1° of Article 5 of Law no. 86-793 of 2 July 1986 and Title IV of the loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septem…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Compliance orders

Article L521-2

…trative authority may give him formal notice to publish the decision, subject to a daily penalty of 150 euros from the date of notification of the formal notice until actual publication. The administr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Xb: Health fees for monitoring certain substances and their residues

Article 302 bis WC

…2 (Repealed); 3 Collection centres or processing establishments receiving raw milk holding the approval provided for in Article L. 233-2 of the rural and maritime fishing code. The fee is based on the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Group retirement savings plan

Article R3334-4

…employees may, at their request, exceptionally be liquidated before retirement are as follows:1° Invalidity of the person concerned, their children, their spouse or their partner in a civil solidarit…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Payment of tax

Article 1681 F

…e taxpayer, income tax on long-term capital gains realised by a sole proprietorship on the sale for valuable consideration of all fixed assets allocated to the exercise of a professional activity or a…

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