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Showing 15311540 of 4867 articles for Art. CJEU – Bellone – 30 Apr. 1998 – C-215/97

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the Order.

Article L4232-16

The central councils of sections B, C, D, E, G and H of the Ordre national des pharmaciens have, each insofar as it is concerned, the rights and powers of the regional councils and the central council…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Registration, land registration, property wealth tax, stamp duty

Article 1706

Court clerks are personally liable for payment of duties only in the cases provided for by article 1840 C. They continue to enjoy the option granted by article 1840 D for the judgments and acts set ou…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Land registration and publicity

Article 1840 E

Subject to the reservations set out in articles 1840 C et 1840 D persons who are jointly and severally liable to the Treasury for the payment of tax are also jointly and severally liable for the payme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Financial provisions

Article L4414-5

The Ile-de-France region benefits from the allocation of a share of the annual tax on parking areas governed by article 1599 quater C of the General Tax Code, up to a limit of €66 million

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Declarations and filings concerning natural persons

Article R123-249

On declaration by the natural person, the deletion from the National Register of Companies is mentioned therein with an indication of the date of cessation, unless use is made of the option provided f…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-28-1

…ork on an on-demand audiovisual media service within the meaning of Article 2 of Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 provides for the transmission to the assignor of information on the number of acts…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the credit agreement and the main agreement

Article L341-44-1

Failure by the lender to comply with any of the obligations set out in articles L. 313-30 to L. 313-32 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and €15,000 for a le…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-31

…contracts or acts directly relate to the transactions provided for in Articles L. 513-28 to L. 513-30 of this Code.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Turnover tax and similar taxes

Article 1785

…that one or more of the instalments they have paid in their first year of taxation turns out to be 30% or less than the amount of tax actually due for the corresponding quarter.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-24

Before 30 June each year, the authorised issuer, other than a credit institution, sends the Minister responsible for personal services, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, a report o…

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