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Showing 2130 of 30 articles for Art. 1976

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Board of Directors and Director.

Article L5322-2

…rol of the use and release of genetically modified organisms and amending Law No. 76-663 of 19 July 1976 relating to installations classified for the protection of the environment, as well as the regu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Indexation

Article L112-3

…efit of manual workers as defined in article 80 of the 1977 Finance Act (no. 76-1232 of 29 December 1976);8° Loans granted to legal entities and individuals for the purposes of their professional acti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award conditions relating to the employee

Article R5123-29

…g of c) of article 70-3 of the decree of 29 December 1945 as amended by decree no. 76-404 of 10 May 1976 or work in successive shifts, or have habitually worked two hundred nights or more per year for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4462-1

…y the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Defence pursuant to Decree no. 76-225 of 4 March 1976, as amended, laying down the respective powers of the Minister of the Interior and the Minister…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 bis

…ompanies designated in 1 are authorised to set aside tax-free, by deduction from the profits of the 1976 to 1979 financial years, a provision for the acquisition of assets strictly necessary for the o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Minimum rental value

Article 1518 B

…tions, demergers, mergers of companies or transfers of establishments carried out as from 1 January 1976 may not be less than two-thirds of the rental value applied in the year preceding the contribut…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 decies F

…intended for rental as a furnished tourist property within the meaning of the decree of 28 December 1976; c) Expenditure relating to a dwelling, completed at least fifteen years ago and forming part o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81

…artments, as well as that paid to mobile gendarmes in application of decree no. 76-826 of 24 August 1976 instituting in metropolitan France a temporary daily absence allowance for gendarmerie personne…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article Annexe art. R611-14-1

…15 December 1982, as amended;-military petrol engineers governed by decree no. 76-802 of 19 August 1976, as amended;-army practitioners governed by decree no. 2004-534 of 14 June 2004;-design and tec…

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Article Annexe 4-7

…L. 526-3\n\t\t\t\t142\n\t\t\tEndorsement of a copy to order mentioned in Law No. 76-519 of 15 June 1976 relating to certain forms of transfer of receivables without negotiation\n\t\t\t143\n\t\t\tEndo…

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