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Showing 26612670 of 18954 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 31 Oct. 2000

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 76

…es, home visits and seizures of exhibits or property whose confiscation is provided for in article 131-21 of the Penal Code may not be carried out without the express consent of the person at whose pr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article D314-27

The training referred to in Article L. 314-25 allows, as a minimum, to acquire under the pre-established programme mentioned in article L. 6353-1 of the Labour Code: 1° The knowledge required for the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 quindecies

…rights relating to a leasing contract entered into under the conditions set out in 2 of Article L. 313-7 of the Monetary and Financial Code are treated as assets.For the application of the provisions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 793

…uarantees of sustainable management provided for in articles L. 124-1 et L. 124-3 and to article L. 313-2 of the Forestry Code; the fallow land and moorland belonging to the group is suitable for refo…

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

Article 1640 C

…s relating to the schemes provided for in II of article 1609 quinquies C in its wording in force on 31 December 2009 are determined according to the same procedures as those described in 2 for public…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: Markets of national interest and commercial events.

Article L761-5

…er groups for products that come from holdings located within the reference perimeter.No later than 31 December 2012, an assessment of the organisation of markets of national interest, focusing in par…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1679 A

…ed is rounded, if necessary, to the nearest euro.A mutual insurer which, between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2018, establishes that it has exceeded the staffing threshold referred to in the first p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L2332-2

…mount, as provided for in the budget for the current year, with the first payment being made before 31 January.When the amount to be allocated cannot be determined as indicated above, the monthly allo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Contributions and taxes other than those provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L3333-2

…d the metropolis of Lyon, a departmental share of the excise duty on energy mentioned in article L. 312-1 of the code of taxes on goods and services and levied on electricity.II.-.For 2022, the amount…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Cashless money instruments

Article D734-12

…the wording resulting from the decreeD. 133-1 to D. 133-32009-934 of 29 July 2009D. 133-4No. 2017-1314 of 31 August 2017D. 133-5 to D. 133-7n° 2009-934 of 29 July 2009D. 133-8 to D. 133-12No. 2018-12…

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