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Showing 18111820 of 2529 articles for Art. 31 oct. 1989

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and general rules

Article R743-1

…sulting from the decreeR. 211-1No. 2018-1226 of 24 December 2018R. 211-2 to R. 211-6no. 2023-421 of 31 May 2023R. 211-7 to R. 211-9n° 2009-295 of 16 March 2009R. 211-9-7n° 2023-421 of 31 May 2023R. 21…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and general rules

Article R744-1

…sulting from the decreeR. 211-1no. 2018-1226 of 24 December 2018R. 211-2 to R. 211-6no. 2023-421 of 31 May 2023R. 211-7 to R. 211-9n° 2009-295 of 16 March 2009R. 211-9-7n° 2023-421 of 31 May 2023R. 21…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Société d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine.

Article R5125-20

…applicable at the end of the period provided for in 2° of B of I of article 5 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Buildings financed by state-subsidised loans

Article 1384 A

…struction and Housing Code. For constructions financed under the conditions set out in articles D. 331-14 to R. 331-16 or articles D. 372-9 to D. 372-12 of the Construction and Housing Code, the finan…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2c: Marine fishing companies

Article 44 nonies

…e fishermen, subject to a real tax regime, who set up for the first time between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2010, are determined, for the first sixty months of activity, after deduction of a 50% a…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions for residential or business premises

Article R412-2

…departmental action plan for the housing of disadvantaged people provided for by law no. 90-449 of 31 May 1990 aimed at implementing the right to housing.For the application of article L. 412-5, the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° sexies : Tax reduction for expenses relating to the conservation or restoration of movable objects classified as historical monuments

Article 199 duovicies

…vent of failure to comply with one of the conditions set out in II or the sale of the object before 31 December of the fifth year following completion of the work, the tax reduction obtained in respec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article L2331-1

…ressive deduction made by the State from the proceeds of gambling in casinos; 2° Repealed; 3° Until 31 December 1995, the proceeds of the tax on the use of public slaughterhouses.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure applicable to the interoperability of technological measures

Article R331-38

…communication audiovisuelle et numérique in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article R. 331-34 or in the event of failure to comply with the injunction issued pursuant to the provisions of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L613-50-1

…pursuant to V of Article L. 613-49-1, of the powers of a central body referred to in Article L. 511-31. In particular, the collège de résolution is exempted from the obligation to obtain the authorisa…

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