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Showing 34313440 of 5611 articles for Art. Directive 86/653/EEC – 18 Dec. 1986

French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Payment of tax

Article 1680

…collection or at the service provider(s) designated pursuant to A of I of Article 201 of Law no. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 on finance for 2019. Matured arrears of State annuities may be allocated…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-52

No consultation of the electors of the communes that are members of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation may take place from 1 January of the calendar year preceding the year of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Skin-invasive tattooing and body piercing.

Article R1311-4

The techniques referred to in article R. 1311-1 are used in compliance with general health and hygiene rules. In particular, it complies with the following rules: -equipment penetrating the skin barri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions (R)

Article D1612-2

The prefect communicates to the presidents of public cooperation establishments with their own tax system a statement indicating, for each of the four direct local taxes, the forecast amount of net ta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article D2333-139

For the application of article L. 2333-97 du code général des collectivités territoriales, la direction générale des finances publiques transmitte à la commune, ou, le cas échéant, à l'établissement p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-12-10

Persons with the status of judicial police officer specially appointed to assist, pursuant to Article 706-106-5, public prosecutors and specialised investigating judges from the Nanterre judicial cour…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: General provisions

Article D589-6

The exemptions provided for in II of Article 801-1 are applicable to any procedural document in digital format available to the judicial authority as well as those intended to be transmitted to it. Th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administration of Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

Article R518-8-1

The Controllers General of Caisse des dépôts et consignations are placed under the direct authority of the Chief Executive Officer of Caisse des dépôts et consignations.They are responsible for auditi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article A123-69

For the application of article R. 123-151 cannot be used as search criteria: 1° The capacity of persons; 2° Decisions taken in safeguard, reorganisation and judicial liquidation proceedings imposing p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Jurisdiction of Disciplinary Boards of First Instance

Article R4234-8

The competent disciplinary chamber is that of the regional or central council in whose area of jurisdiction the pharmacist or professional company being prosecuted is registered on the roll on the dat…

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