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Showing 7180 of 49710 articles for Art. Cass. com. 23-2-1999 n° 422

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Activity and positions.

Article R6152-422

Contractual practitioners working full-time may carry out the expert assessments mentioned in II of article L. 6152-4 during their working hours, up to a limit of two half-days per week, calculated as…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-23

…ers granted to the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés by the aforementioned loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978, the processing of personal data is carried out under the supervision of…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Tax rates

Article 1635 quater N

…cle L. 332-6-1 of the town planning code, in their wording prior to the entry into force of the loi n° 2014-1655 du 29 décembre 2014de finances rectificative pour 2014, are no longer applicable in thi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Slaughter health fees

Article 302 bis N

Any person who has an animal slaughtered in a slaughterhouse pays a slaughter health fee to the State. However, in the case of contract slaughter, the fee is paid by the third-party slaughterer on beh…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-23

The "research and discovery" (RD) label is awarded in particular in consideration of the number of arthouse cinematographic works represented in establishments qualified as "research and discovery" an…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Selective financial aid

Article 232-23

The award of selective financial aid for the creation and modernisation of cinematographic entertainment establishments is subject to the provisions of exempted aid scheme No SA.42681, relating to aid…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII quater : Taxes levied by groupings substituted for communes for the application of provisions relating to the business property tax, the business value added tax, the flat-rate tax on network companies and the additional tax on property not built on.

Article 1609 nonies C

…ninth paragraph of III, the last paragraph of IV and the tenth paragraph of V of article 11 of law n° 2014-58 du 27 January 2014 de modernisation de l'action publique territoriale et d'affirmation de…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII sexies : Capital gains tax on the sale of buildings other than building land

Article 1609 nonies G

I. - A tax is introduced on capital gains realised under the conditions provided for in articles 150 U and 150 UB to 150 UD by natural persons or companies or groupings covered by articles 8 to 8 ter…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Contractual tax exemptions and approvals

Article 1649 nonies A

1. Failure to comply with the undertakings entered into with a view to obtaining administrative approval or failure to comply with the conditions to which the granting of the latter was subject shall…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The guarantee fund for victims of terrorism and other offences.

Article R*422-8

The offer of compensation for personal injury made to the victim of an act of terrorism shall indicate the assessment made by the Fund for each head of loss and the amount of compensation due to the v…

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