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Showing 10911100 of 16361 articles for Art. n° 21-14.279 et 21-14.283

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conditional tax benefits attached to donations

Article 1378 nonies

If the Commission nationale des comptes de campagne et des financements politiques instituted in Article L. 52-14 of the Electoral Code finds that a political party or grouping is in breach of the obl…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: External fire protection

Article R2512-21-1

…ystem" are replaced by the words: "police prefect"; 2° The words: "service départemental d'incendie et de secours" are replaced by the words: "brigade de sapeurs-pompiers de Paris"; 3° The words: "règ…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-21-1

Where an application for marketing authorisation in France is made for a medicinal product which has already been authorised or is the subject of an application for marketing authorisation currently b…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-21-1

…At the request of the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) or the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR), the statutory auditor shall provide them with this report without delay whe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 novovicies

I. - A. - Taxpayers who acquire, between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2024, while they are domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B, a new dwelling or a dwelling in the future state of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Va: Annual contribution on rental income

Article 234 nonies

…bution is introduced on income from the rental of premises located in buildings that have been completed for at least fifteen years on 1 January of the tax year, paid by the lessors mentioned in I of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Dematerialised service

Article R5132-1-21

…support, or involved in the system of integration through economic activity, the list of which is set by order of the Minister for Employment.II - The recipients of all or part of the personal data i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Supervision, inspection and discipline.

Article R812-21-1

…he communication of the financial situation to the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires are not applicable; 2° Magistrates who inspect a person mentioned in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 novodecies

…nce is taxed immediately.II.-I applies to buildings whose sale to a leasing company is carried out between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2023 and is preceded by a financing agreement accepted by the less…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2c: Marine fishing companies

Article 44 nonies

The taxable profits of small-scale fishermen, subject to a real tax regime, who set up for the first time between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2010, are determined, for the first sixty months of act…

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