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Showing 451460 of 16142 articles for Art. CE 15-7-2021 n° 453490

French General Tax CodeIn force
01 : Payment in full discharge for sole traders

Article 151-0

…hare of family quota, the upper limit of the second bracket of the income tax scale for the year preceding the year in respect of which the option is exercised. This limit is increased by 50% or 25% r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-15

…1271-1 of this Code undertakes to: 1° Set up a network of affiliated associations and companies receiving these special payment vouchers as payment for their services, covering the whole of France ;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-15

…quality. 2° The bathing season defined for each bathing water is the period during which the presence of a large number of bathers is to be expected. When the bathing season extends over the whole ye…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to the entry into national territory of the elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 when they are not authorised in the Member State of origin

Article R1245-15

…ve 2004/23/EC on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells shall be sent to the Dire…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-15

I. - The European Central Bank shall withdraw the authorisation of a credit institution at the request of the institution.Pursuant to Articles 4 and 14 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 Oc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-15

An accused person who, for one of the offences mentioned in article 495-7, a direct summons or a summons to appear in court pursuant to articles 390 or 390-1, a summons by procès-verbal pursuant to ar…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information and documents to be submitted with the tender

Article R2351-15

…he may in particular request, in the consultation documents, that the tenderer's tender include: 1° certification or documents demonstrating that it will be able to fulfil the obligations relating to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Derogation from the weekly working time in the event of combination with another part-time employment contract

Article D5132-43-15

…employee's initiative, the employee sends a written, reasoned request to his employer who, if he accepts the request, refers the matter to the Prefect under the conditions set out in the second to fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 quater

…o:0.35% + 0.025% × (amount of turnover-€10,000,000)/€40,000,000;e) For companies with turnover in excess of €50,000,000, to 0.375%.The rates mentioned in b, c and d are expressed as percentages and ro…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R322-155

…uration of associations in the event of survival and of associations in the event of death ; 2° The cessation, in the event of the death of the member, of the payment of annuities which the subscriber…

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