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Showing 491500 of 17413 articles for Art. n° 16-23.120 et n° 16-10.583

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VIII: Mutual insurance group companies and affiliation agreements

Article R322-161

…ated by agreement must be the subject of a prior declaration to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, accompanied by a file, the composition of which is determined by the Autorité. Wit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of the agency

Article 706-160

…is responsible for ensuring, throughout the country and by court order:1° The management of all assets, whatever their nature, seized, confiscated or subject to a protective measure in the course of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
d: Levy on fixed-income investment income

Article 1678 quater

…andate to the person paying the income to declare the income and pay the levy under the conditions set out in IV of the same article 125 D. However, these penalties are not applicable to the levy due…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VIII: Mutual insurance group companies and affiliation agreements

Article R322-163

I.-At least one General Meeting is held each year in accordance with the provisions of the Articles of Association. At this meeting, the Board of Directors shall present the balance sheet, income stat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIIa: Supplementary apprenticeship contribution

Article 1609 quinvicies

…e year. Compliance with the threshold is assessed by calculating a percentage expressing the ratio between the workforce in 1° and 2° of this I and the annual salaried workforce. This threshold is rai…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Service life and disposal

Article R1333-161

…tration on the supply form or, failing this, after the date on which it was first placed on the market, unless an extension is granted by the competent authority. If the Nuclear Safety Authority remai…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
j: Contributions or premiums paid to people's pension savings plans or under certain compulsory or optional supplementary pension schemes or in respect of supplementary guarantees under pension savings plans.

Article 163 quatervicies

…Contributions or premiums paid by each member of the tax household are deductible from overall net income, subject to the conditions and limits mentioned in 2:a) to the popular retirement savings…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Solidarity between spouses and partners in a civil solidarity pact

Article 1691 bis

…allocated to the principal dwelling where they live under the same roof.3° De la taxe d'aménagement et des pénalités afférentes.4° De la taxe d'archéologie préventive mentionnée à l'article 235 ter ZG…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1638 quater

…following conditions:a) The difference noted, in the year during which the attachment is decided, between these two rates is reduced each year in equal parts, until a single rate is applied, in the p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 B

…es. Company property tax assessments for 2010 are levied for the benefit of the State's general budget. They are calculated by applying the deliberations relating to the exemptions and reductions prov…

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