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Showing 25412550 of 18954 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 31 Oct. 2000

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-12

…erty attorney or a profession provided for in Title IV bis of the aforementioned Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 or the management of related professional interests or family interests ;3° With th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies FB

…r the storage of livestock effluent constructed, acquired or manufactured from 1 January 2016 until 31 December 2017 may be subject to exceptional depreciation equal to 40% of their cost price spread…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Revenue

Article L2564-21

I.-The articles L. 2331-1 to L. 2331-4 are applicable in Mayotte from 1 January 2014. II.-Until 31 December 2013, the revenues of the operating section of the budget of the communes of Mayotte include…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-24

…vided for in article L. 234-13 of the code des communes, as it stood prior to the loi n° 93-1436 du 31 décembre 1993 portant réforme de la dotation globale de fonctionnement et modifiant le code des c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-2

…le L. 5521-3, the first and second paragraphs of article L. 5125-23, articles L. 5125-24 to L. 5125-31 and 3° and 6° of article L. 5125-32 areapplicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna islan…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Secure detention

Article R53-8-70

The sentence enforcement judge may grant the detainee permission to leave under mobile electronic surveillance for one or more days in order to maintain family ties or to prepare for the end of the de…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax

Article R2333-43

…3-41;3° The maximum amount of rent below which the tax is not due pursuant to 4° of article L. 2333-31;4° The rate of the abatement set under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of III…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 73

I. - 1. Farmers subject to an actual taxation system may make a deduction for precautionary savings, the amount of which is capped, per twelve-month financial year: a) 100% of taxable profits, if less…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of post-authorisation safety studies

Article R5121-178-2

…ed to in Article 56 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004. The draft protocol is submitted solely to the Director General of the Agence national…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Decentralised procedure.

Article R5141-47-4

…ector General of the Agency shall refer the matter to the coordination group referred to in Article 31 of Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council; 2° If the applicant design…

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