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Showing 24312440 of 18954 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 31 Oct. 2000

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Regulatory part

Article Annexe 1

…ement in the form of an exchange of letters relating to the movement of persons, signed in Paris on 31 August 1983, amended by the exchange of letters of 10 and 11 October 1986 and by the agreement in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 A

…een years and whose construction is completed after the date of publication of the loi n° 62-873 du 31 juillet 1962;3° Communications satellites;4° Buildings exclusively intended to host exhibitions a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Meetings of staff representatives.

Article L1233-30

…ittee on :1° The planned operation and its terms and conditions, in accordance with article L. 2323-31 ; 2° The proposed mass redundancies: the number of job losses, the professional categories concer…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2141-1

…a final conviction for one of the offences referred to in articles 222-34 to 222-40,225-4-1,225-4-7,313-1,313-3,314-1,324-1,324-5,324-6,421-1 to 421-2-4,421-5,432-10,432-11,432-12 to 432-16,433-1,433-…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2341-1

…the subject of a final conviction for one of the offences referred to in articles 222-34 to 222-40,313-1,313-3,314-1,324-1,324-5,324-6,421-1 to 421-2-4,421-5,432-10,432-11,432-12 to 432-16,433-1,433-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 235 ter ZAA

…their taxable income, at the rates mentioned in Article 219, for financial years ending on or after 31 December 2011 and until 30 December 2016.This contribution is equal to 10.7% of the corporation t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Special provisions applicable to privatisation operations

Article 248 F

…ct no. 82-155 of 11 February 1982 or the transactions mentioned in Article 19 of Law no. 81-1179 of 31 December 1981 and Article 14 of Law no. 82-1152 of 30 December 1982, the calculation is based on…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-3

…liquidator in accordance with the procedures set out in articles L. 622-24 to L. 622-27 and L. 622-31 to L. 622-33. If the determination of the tax base and calculation of the tax is in progress, the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 964

…in respect of each year during which the taxpayer retains his or her tax domicile in France, until 31 December of the fifth year following that during which the tax domicile was established in France…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retail distribution.

Article L5424-3

…several pharmacies. However, these provisions do not apply to the cases provided for by the law of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to…

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