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Showing 311320 of 26032 articles for Art. CE 26-4-2017 n° 400441

French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 septies

…he tax provided for in article 266 sexies occurs and this tax is payable at the time when :1. The receipt of waste in a facility mentioned in 1 of I of article 266 sexies ;1a. The shipment of waste on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-26

…lication is compiled under the following conditions: 1° Where the applicant demonstrates, by reference to appropriate bibliographical documentation, that the application relates to a medicinal product…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-26

…ut or making available to the public sports equipment not fitted with a fixing or counterweight device as provided for in article R. 322-21 of this Code or fitted with a device that does not comply wi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Penalties.

Article L211-26

The provisions of the Highway Code governing the driving of a motorised land vehicle without insurance covering civil liability in accordance with the provisions of article L. 211-1 of this Code are r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261 D

…from a lease conferring a right in rem;2° Rentals of undeveloped land and bare premises, with the exception of parking spaces for vehicles ; however, these provisions do not apply where the leases con…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The status of the sole trader

Article R526-26

…quipment, as well as means of mobility for itinerant activities such as door-to-door sales and services, transport or delivery activities; Immovable property used to carry on the business of a self-em…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-26

…l de l'application des peines or the president of the judicial court or the judge delegated by him, certified by the court registrar is sent to the criminal records office, via the public prosecutor's…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 265 ter

…s polluting fuels.2. The use of pure vegetable oil as an agricultural fuel by farmers who have produced the plants from which the oil is extracted is authorised.Pure vegetable oil is defined as crude…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 quindecies

…for the excise duty on energy mentioned in article L. 312-1 of the code of taxes on goods and services and levied on products in the gas oil, petrol and jet fuel tax categories are liable for an ince…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Periods of work experience.

Article D5132-26-1

…in article L. 5132-2 may provide for the intermediary association to set up periods of work experience for its employees recruited under contracts concluded in application of article L. 5132-11-1 . In…

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