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Showing 40314040 of 8320 articles for Art. Cons. const. 29-12-2014 n° 2014-708 DC

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct.

Article D533-15

I. - For the purposes of II of Article L. 533-12, the information provided to clients is as follows:1° Where they provide the investment service referred to in 5° of Article L. 321-1, investment servi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-5

A proportion of the total deposits collected in respect of the Livret A and the Livret de Développement Durable et Solidaire governed by article L. 221-27 by institutions distributing one or other of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 H

Unless the municipality or public inter-municipal cooperation body with its own tax system decides otherwise under the conditions set out in I of article 1639 A bis, properties located in the employme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 I

Municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax authority may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Metropolitan France

Article L5217-19

I. - The services or parts of services of the communes that participate in the exercise of the competences mentioned in I of Article L. 5217-2 are transferred to the metropolitan authority, in accorda…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Exposure to asbestos in buildings.

Article R1337-3-1

Failure by the owners mentioned in article R. 1334-16 to comply with any of the obligations defined in articles R. 1334-27 to R. 1334-29, article R. 1334-29-2, the first and second paragraphs of artic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies G

I.-Small and medium-sized non-road diesel retail businesses that, as at 1 January 2020, do not have facilities for storing and distributing diesel that is not coloured and traced, subject to corporati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 ter B bis

I.-The tax credit for collaborative research defined in article 244 quater B bis is deducted from the income tax due by the taxpayer for the year during which the research expenses taken into account…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-21

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 :1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 7,9 to 18,21,22,29,36,38,45 and 48 of Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Counc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 ter B

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