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Showing 271280 of 55956 articles for Art. Decree 2012-118 of 30 January 2012

French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 300 ter

For the purposes of this chapter, France means metropolitan territory, the territories of the collectivities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 300 sexies

I. - The tax is declared and settled by the taxpayer on the dates determined by an order of the Minister responsible for the budget. The frequency of declarations and payments is at most monthly and a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 300 quinquies

I. - The tax provided for in article 300 bis is based on the difference between the following amounts, assessed exclusive of value added tax during the calendar year in which the tax becomes due, inso…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Admission to the profession

Article R811-30

The national commission shall register on the list the companies of judicial administrators provided for by the first sentence of the first paragraph of Article L. 811-7 and the multi-professional pra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-30

Under penalty of permanent removal from the list of the Court of Appeal, a sworn goods broker commissioned to carry out a public sale or who has been asked to estimate the value of goods deposited in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expiry of the contract term.

Article L1251-30

The end of the assignment provided for in the secondment contract or set out in an amendment thereto may be brought forward or postponed at the rate of one day for every five days worked. For assignme…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition of the classification committee

Article R211-30

The Administrative College comprises five full members and ten alternate members representing the Minister for the Interior, the Minister for Justice, the Minister for National Education, the Minister…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-30

Until the borrower signs the offer referred to in article L. 313-24, the lender may not refuse another insurance contract as collateral, provided that this contract offers a level of cover equivalent…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Interruption of the payment period

Article R2192-30

When the authorising officer and the public accountant do not belong to the same legal entity and have agreed on a conventional payment period under the conditions set out in Article 12 of Decree no.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-30

The person in charge of missions falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority is only required to keep applications for plant variety certificates for a period of ten years after t…

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