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Showing 931940 of 10740 articles for Art. CJEU – Granarolo – 14 July 2016 – C-196/15

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1586 nonies

…ts may, by a decision taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis or article 1464 C exempt their added value from business value added tax for the portion taxed in their favour.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxes

Article 1530 bis

…la cotisation foncière des entreprises, pour les locaux évalués selon les dispositions de l'article 1499, est pris en charge, pour moitié, par l'Etat.Pour l'application du premier alinéa du présent II…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-152

…mentioned in article R. 5121-150, in particular during prescription, dispensing or administration; 14° "Occupational exposure": exposure to a medicinal product or a product mentioned in article R. 51…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-14

…are professional, a healthcare institution, a healthcare service or a body mentioned in article L. 1142-1 or a producer of a healthcare product mentioned in article L. 1142-2, the insurer who guarante…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-14

…rticle R. 344-1, as well as those relating to a subsidiary allocation account covered by Article L. 142-4 and investments relating to direct holdings in a supplementary occupational pension fund.The c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-14

Claims for compensation must be accompanied by a copy of the court decision or a certified copy of the deed of settlement for the final determination of the compensation.If the guarantee fund is unabl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-14

The court clerk shall notify the order to the legal representative of the legal person. The notification letter reproduces the provisions of the second paragraph of II of article L. 611-2 as well as a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-146

Services relating to endorsement (numbers 142 to 144 in table 5) give rise to the collection of:1° With regard to the endorsement of enforceable copies to order mentioned in the Law no. 76-519 of 15 J…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VB

I. - The purchase price is the price actually paid by the seller, as stipulated in the deed, it being specified that this price includes the existing property and the works in the case of a purchase m…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-14

…taff mentioned in 2° ;4° A copy of the nominative social declaration provided for in Article R. 133-14 of the Social Security Code;5° (Deleted)6° A list of the names of the technical industries and ot…

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