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Showing 25612570 of 18997 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 27 Sept. 2005 – no. 03-18.579

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 217 undecies

…e completion of the building, or its acquisition if later, under the conditions provided for by law no. 84-595 of 12 July 1984 defining rent-to-own property;2° The acquisition or construction of the p…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285 octies

…s, amending Regulations of the European Parliament and of the Council (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 202 ter

I. Income tax is assessed under the conditions set out in articles 201 and 202 when companies or organisations placed under the partnership regime defined in articles 8 to 8 ter wholly or partially re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commercial development commissions.

Article L751-2

I.-The departmental commercial development commission is chaired by the Prefect. For any new project, it interviews the person responsible for promoting town centre retailing on behalf of the municipa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1636 B undecies

…h different rates may be voted in application of the second paragraph of 2 applies from 1st January 2005 for all the syndicates of communes and mixed syndicates that collect the tax on this date and f…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-28

…r cinemas opened since 1 January 2019 or for those mentioned in the second paragraph of article 916-27, on the basis of a forecast amount of revenue corresponding to usual activity estimated by the op…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12: On-street vehicle parking charges

Article R2333-120-9

…h was taken.Officers who, on the date provided for in the first paragraph of V of Article 63 of Law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014, are sworn to record paid parking offences retain the benefit of this…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Financing of the insurance allowance

Article D5422-4

I. - The unemployment insurance contribution collection bodies mentioned in Article L. 5427-1 are each responsible for processing personal data for the following purposes: 1° To enable the communicati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medicinal products reserved for hospital use

Article R5121-83

…ng the conditions laid down in Book I of Part IV of this Code, as well as in I of Article 60 of Law no. 99-641 of 27 July 1999 creating universal health cover, and practising in a public or private he…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Medicinal products initially prescribed in hospitals

Article R5121-88

…ts the conditions laid down in Book I of Part IV of this Code, as well as in I of article 60 of law no. 99-641 of 27 July 1999 creating universal health cover and who is practising in a public or priv…

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