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Showing 19711980 of 49266 articles for Art. 2 juill. 2003 + Cass. 3e civ.

French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 299

…e the interactions between the users of the interface are incidental, within the meaning of Article 257 ter, to the supply to those users, by means of that interface, by the person making it available…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Revision of the jury list

Article 288

…t shall sit.The clerk shall call the jurors entered on the list drawn up in accordance with article 266.The court shall rule on the case of absent jurors.A juror who, without legitimate reason, has no…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions.

Article 259

…Area and flying the flag of that same State, the Government may suspend the application of article 257 by decree deliberated in the Council of Ministers after consultation with the Council of State,…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Sales.

Article 251

…s prohibited, with the exception of the suspension of the francisation referred to in article L. 5112-1-7 of the French Transport Code.2. If this operation is also committed with the intention of viol…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Open livestock account.

Article 208

…e and the Minister for Agriculture must be declared by their keepers to the nearest customs office. 2. This declaration forms the basis of an open account kept by customs officers for each taxable per…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Registration of rights in immovable property

Article 2521

…c) Use and habitation; d) Emphyteusis, governed by the provisions of articles L. 451-1 to L. 451-12 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime; e) Surface area; f) Easements; g) Pledge of real estate…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title I: Provisions relating to Book I

Article 2494

Article 2493 is applicable under the conditions set out in Article 17-2. However, articles 21-7 and 21-11 are applicable to a child born in Mayotte to foreign parents before the entry into force of th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of works by providers of online content-sharing services

Article L137-2

…e to obtain authorisation from the rightholders for the reproductions that it makes. II - Article 6(2) and (3) of Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy do not apply to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Equity loans granted by the State.

Article L313-20

The amount of each equity loan granted by the State is made public each year.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 219

…arest euro. The fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is counted as 1.The standard rate of tax is set at 25%.However:a. The net amount of long-term capital gains is subject to separate taxation at the rate…

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