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Showing 14611470 of 2166 articles for Art. 239 bis AB

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Va: Annual contribution on rental income

Article 234 quaterdecies

…r. For legal entities or organisations taxed at the corporate tax rates provided for in article 219 bis, the contribution, established under the conditions defined in I of article 234 duodecies, is de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-5

I. - Legal entities declared to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out inarticle 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 465-1 to L. 465-3-3 of this Code…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Primary care general practitioners and primary or secondary care specialists.

Article L4130-1

…atients, as well as health education. This mission may be carried out in health or medico-social establishments; 2° Directing patients, according to their needs, within the healthcare system and the m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1455

…tax: 1° Fishermen using one or two boats for their professional activity, even if they own them; 1° bis Small-scale fishing companies referred to in Article L. 931-2 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-5

…he offence, the references of the texts punishing this offence, and the identity of the offender;1° bis When the offence is committed while driving a vehicle, the identification details of the vehicle…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-18

…d letter with acknowledgement of receipt, of the list that may claim to belong to the union. In the absence of this indication, the trade union organisations that have submitted the lists in question…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81

…this same amount, and, for local elected representatives of municipalities with fewer than 3,500 inhabitants, to an amount equal to 38.75% of the amount of the salary corresponding to the terminal gro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII quater : Taxes levied by groupings substituted for communes for the application of provisions relating to the business property tax, the business value added tax, the flat-rate tax on network companies and the additional tax on property not built on.

Article 1609 nonies C

I. - The public establishments for inter-communal cooperation mentioned in I of article 1379-0 bis are substituted for the member communes for the application of the provisions relating to the busines…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 209

I. - Subject to the provisions of this section, profits liable to corporation tax shall be determined in accordance with the rules laid down in Articles 34 to 45,53 A to 57,108 to 117,237 ter A et 302…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 duodecies

…egard to the regulations specific to each overseas collectivity.Ia of Article 217 undecies is applicable to Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia an…

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