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Showing 421430 of 52884 articles for Art. n° 16-10.271 FS-PBI — RJDA 1/18 n° 79

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to employee participation in general meetings or section or branch meetings

Article L2363-18

…ich allows, under the conditions provided for in article 4 of article 59 of Council Regulation (EC) n° 1435 / 2003 of 22 July 2003 on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society, the possibility to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-18

…the provisions of the law of 1 July 1901 relating to the contract of association and articles 21 to 79 of the local civil code applicable in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6461-18

…rritorial council may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 tendant à l'établissement, au financement et à l'exécution de plans d'équ…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: French nationals by descent

Article 18-1

However, if only one of the parents is French, a child who was not born in France has the option of renouncing French nationality in the six months preceding his majority and in the twelve months foll…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1601

An additional tax on business property tax is levied for the benefit of CMA France and the chambers of trade mentioned in article 1 of law no. 48-977 of 16 June 1948 relating to the tax for chamber of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Tax assessments and notices

Article 1657

1. The assessment bases for direct taxes are rounded to the nearest euro; the fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is counted as 1.The bases for property tax and council tax on second homes and other furn…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Tax assessments and notices

Article 1658

Direct taxes and assimilated taxes are collected by virtue of either rolls made enforceable by order of the director general of public finance or the prefect, or notices of assessment.For the applicat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Tax assessments and notices

Article 1659

The date of assessment of the rolls is set by the authority competent to approve them pursuant to article 1658. This date is indicated on the tax roll and on the tax notices issued to the taxpayers.Wh…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1600

I.-The tax for chamber expenses is made up of two contributions: an additional tax on the business property tax (cotisation foncière des entreprises) and an additional tax on the business value added…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VII: Review in civil matters

Article 1031-18

The adviser in charge of the report may ask the claimant's lawyer to provide him, within a time limit that he shall set, with any document that may be useful in the investigation of the case.

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