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Showing 28812890 of 3129 articles for Art. CA Colmar – 22 Nov. 2023 – no. 22/00551

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1465 B

Article 1465 also applies for transactions carried out from 1 January 2009 until 31 December 2023 in investment aid zones for small and medium-sized enterprises and within the limits provided for by A…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article R333-3-1

…ompany mentioned in articles L. 333-1 and L. 333-2-1, the following may not hold an interest in the capital of this company or voting rights within it: 1° Sports associations and the sports companies…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-25

OTHER EVENTS INVOLVING MOTORISED LAND VEHICLES(art. A331-22 and A331-23) DefinitionEvents with motorised land vehicles that are not regulated in the other appendices, such as tractor pulling.Rules rel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3844-2

I. - Chapter II, with the exception of article L. 3222-1, and Chapter III of Title II of Book II of this Part are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations set out i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-62

…ut in its general regulations, may authorise the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, to purchase a number of shares representing up to 10% of the company's share capital. T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Training for those involved in collective bargaining

Article R2212-3

The joint training mentioned in Article L. 2212-1 is carried out as part of : 1° For employees, either the economic, social and trade union training leave provided for in article L. 2145-5, or the tra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-39

The specialised commission on health care organisation comprises :1° A regional councillor and, in Corsica, a councillor to the Assembly of Corsica;2° A departmental council president; and in Corsica,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Joint associations of local authorities, groups of local authorities and other legal entities governed by public law

Article L5843-2

…oned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, subject to the adaptations provided for in II to V…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-2

…hority, to forward the additional information required to examine the file; > 4° To pay, where applicable, the costs associated with these formalities; > 5° Receive information on the follow-up and fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application for marketing authorisation or registration

Article D5141-55

…ounts of the fee provided for in 1° of 1 of I of Article L. 5141-8 for marketing authorisation applications under a national procedure, a mutual recognition procedure or a decentralised procedure for…

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