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Showing 7180 of 35376 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 29-4-2009 n° 08-13.308

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Corsica

Article 297

I. - 1. in Corsica, value added tax is levied at the rate of:1° 0.90% for the transactions referred to in articles 281 quater and 281 sexies ;2° 2.10% as regards:The transactions referred to in 1°, 1°…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Imports

Article 292

The tax base is made up of the value defined by customs legislation in accordance with the Community regulations in force.However, the tax base shall include:1° Taxes, duties, levies and other taxes t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Downstream

Article L131-29

The guarantee is given either on the cheque or on an allonge, or by a separate document indicating the place where it was made. It is expressed by the words "bon pour aval" or any other equivalent wor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Accounting

Article D5217-29

The payment order must contain all the names and descriptions necessary to enable the accounting officer to recognise the identity of the creditor.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Complaints

Article R7111-29

Any decision by the Professional Journalists Identity Card Committee may be appealed by the person concerned to the Higher Committee referred to in article R. 7111-32.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-29

The applications referred to in article R. 6122-28, with the exception of the renewal applications referred to in the third paragraph of article L. 6122-10, may only be received during periods and in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Other policies

Article L2213-29

The mayor supervises, from a health point of view, the state of streams, rivers, ponds or pools of water..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Reciprocal shareholdings

Article L233-29

A joint stock company may not own shares in another company, if the latter holds a fraction of its capital greater than 10%. Failing agreement between the companies concerned to regularise the situati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities.

Article R213-29

The rules governing profit participation certificates issued by insurance companies are set out in article R. 322-79 of the Insurance Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Criminal provisions.

Article L7123-29

Any person operating a modelling agency who fails to provide a financial guarantee, in breach of the provisions of article L. 7123-19, is liable to six months' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros.

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