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Showing 15711580 of 35642 articles for Art. CE 16-3-2016 n° 385771

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B undecies

…ter-communal cooperation that have instituted the tax for the removal of household waste in accordance with articles 1379-0 bis, 1520 and 1609 quater vote on the rate of this tax under the conditions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-16-1

…as initially granted, plus one hundred and fifty basis points.The categories of structured loans concerned are determined by the ministers responsible for health, the economy and the budget.III - A de…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Taxable transactions and persons

Article 1635 quater B

Development projects and construction, reconstruction and extension projects for buildings, installations or developments of any kind subject to an authorisation system under the town planning code gi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II ter: Consolidation within a group of the payment of value added tax and similar taxes

Article 1693 ter A

…by a taxable person who is a member of the group in respect of a period prior to the entry into force of the option provided for in Article 1693 ter may not be carried forward on a return whose eleme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to practise for nationals of a State which is not a member of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and holders of evidence of formal qualifications issued by a Member State of the European Union or a party to the European Economic Area

Article R4111-16-2

Applicants for authorisation to practise under the provisions of Ia of article L. 4111-2 must provide proof of a sufficient level of proficiency in the French language when submitting the application…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions.

Article R511-16-4

…w up these tables when the information mentioned in the previous paragraph is published, in accordance with the procedures provided for in II, by their consolidating company, within the meaning of art…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Special provisions

Article L222-16-2

…ited where its purpose or effect is direct or indirect advertising in favour of: 1° Investment services relating to the financial contracts defined in Article L. 533-12-7 of the Monetary and Financial…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B decies

…nd other furnished premises not assigned to the principal dwelling and of property taxes in accordance with the provisions applicable to communes.II. - Public establishments for inter-communal coopera…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 bis F

…granted to tobacco retailers designated in Article 568, resulting from discounts on the transfer price, the distribution of free shares and the payment deadlines provided for by Article 3 of Law no. 9…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-1

…he conditions laid down in the first paragraph of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of 17 December 2012. The European patent with unitary effect takes effect in France on the day of publicatio…

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