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Showing 14911500 of 1715 articles for Art. Vertical Guidelines – point 145

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Permanence of care in general medicine

Article R6315-6

…sion ensuring that requests for unscheduled care are dealt with, and mention the fixed consultation points. It also describes the organisation of call regulation.It specifies the conditions for organi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 ter

…ficial owner of the dividends holds shareholdings which satisfy the conditions laid down in Article 145 and is deprived of any possibility of deducting the withholding tax provided for in 2 of Article…

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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 L2333-76

…orresponding to a minimum number of liftings or a minimum volume of household and similar waste.For vertical or single-family dwellings, this tariff may provide for an overall fee calculated on the ba…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Public prosecution and investigating authorities

Article D15-4-4

…RESSORT Extending to the territorial limits of the judicial courts of : Cour d'appel de Basse-Terre Pointe-à-Pitre. Basse-Terre, Pointe-à-Pitre. Cayenne Court of Appeal Cayenne. Cayenne. Fort-de-Franc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L522-13

…he European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015, it shall designate a central contact point established in the territory of mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Invoicing and payment terms

Article L441-11

…ose to use the date of receipt of the goods or performance of the requested service as the starting point for this period. Agreements may be concluded to this effect by their professional organisation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the preparation, assessment and implementation of preventive recovery plans

Article L613-37

…n the absence of a joint decision within four months, the supervisory board alone decides:1° On the points mentioned in 1° and 3° of III concerning the parent undertaking in the Union. It shall take a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-21

…r, or has refused to certify them or has been unable to certify them, the auditor shall examine the points at the origin of this observation, reservation, refusal or inability to certify and shall rem…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-27

…the two preceding paragraphs shall be deemed unwritten.Any member may apply to the courts for the appointment of a proxy to convene the meeting and set its agenda.If, for any reason whatsoever, the co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31 bis

The member of a société civile de placement immobilier, governed by articles L. 214-114 et seq. of the French Monetary and Financial Code, whose share of income is, pursuant to Article 8, subject in i…

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