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Showing 17911800 of 1864 articles for Art. 28 avr. 1998

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determining taxable income

Article 83

…ension schemes meeting the conditions set out in Article 3 of Council Directive 98/49/EC of 29 June 1998 on safeguarding the supplementary pension rights of employed and self-employed persons moving w…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Introductory chapter: Definitions

Article 120-1

…Article L. 212-28 of the Code du cinéma et de l'image animée. "Creative residency": a pub…

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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

…orementioned Law no. 2009-1673 of 30 December 2009 and in III of Article 79 of Law no. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 on finance for 2019 may decide to make this reduction in compensation allocations o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-165

…cil in accordance with articles L. 2323-10, L. 2323-12, L. 2323-13, L. 2323-15, L. 2323-17, L. 2323-28, L. 2323-60 and L. 2325-35 to L. 2325-42 of the Labour Code, as well as, where applicable, a copy…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Provisions common to property tax and council tax

Article 1417

…for in the same article 1391 and who have benefited from the exemption provided for in I of article 28 of law no. 2014-891 of 8 August 2014 on rectifying finance for 2014 when the amount of income for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Public prosecution and investigating authorities

Article A1

…ies provided for under these plans, pursuant to article L. 1214-3 of the Transport Code and article 28 of law no. 82-1153 of 30 December 1982 on the orientation of domestic transport. II.-The authoris…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-1: Research involving the human person

Article L1541-4

…1125-26 Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022 L. 1125-27 Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022 L. 1125-28 Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022 L. 1125-29 Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022 L. 1125-30 Ord…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
34°: Tax credit for forestry investments

Article 200 quindecies

…undertakes to apply to the forest the system of normal exploitation, provided for by the decree of 28 June 1930 relating to the conditions of application of article 15 of the finance law of 16 April…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-2

…d in reserve in application of I of article L. 3335-2 as it stood prior to the Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finances for 2020 are paid back into this fund. II.The first levy is equal to 0.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38

…e first financial year ending on or after 31 December 1990.For the financial year ended 31 December 1998 or the tax period ended on the same date, the conversion differences relating to the currencies…

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