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Showing 57515760 of 31982 articles for Art. 10 May 2017

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freezing of assets and prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L775-37

…016-1575 of 24 November 2016 L. 562-3 to L. 562-9 Ordinance no. 2020-1342 of 4 November 2020 L. 562-10 Ordinance no. 2016-1575 of 24 November 2016 L. 562-11 and L. 562-12 Ordinance no. 2020-1342 of 4…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L775-3

…and column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 511-9 and L. 511 10 Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 511-11 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-12…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 sexies-0 A

…nd covered by the urban renewal policy 2° of A of II 5.5% Other social rental housing 3° of A of II 10% Premises that are the subject of an acquisition-improvement, a similar transaction subject to ce…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Company accounts and accounting documents

Article L511-35

…ication of these provisions to the branches of credit institutions mentioned in I of Article L. 511-10, the obligations provided for in Article L. 232-1 of the Commercial Code are fulfilled by the per…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tax on offshore wind turbines

Article 1519 C

…is distributed as follows: 15% to the Comité national des pêches maritimes et des élevages marins, 10% to the comités régionaux des pêches maritimes et des élevages marins within whose jurisdiction t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6123-202

…the vertebro-discal and intradural column, excluding the spinal cord; 9° Ophthalmological surgery; 10° Otorhinolaryngological and cervico-facial surgery; 11° Urological surgery. The specific therapeu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings

Article L623-30

…s and subcontractors, without an exploitation licence having been granted to them, the court seised may not order either the cessation or interruption of exploitation, or the confiscation provided for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of offences relating to trafficking in human beings, procuring or the use of prostitution of minors

Article 706-36

…event of prosecution for one of the offences referred to in Article 706-34, the investigating judge may provisionally order, for a period of up to three months, the total or partial closure of: 1° An…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Referral to the industrial tribunal

Article R1452-4

…the hearing to which the case will be called; 3° The fact that provisionally enforceable decisions may be taken against the defendant, even in his absence, and that in the event of his non-appearance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Terms of self-employed practice

Article R4321-129

…ctice is that of the professional residence in respect of which, in accordance with article L. 4321-10, he is registered on the roll of the Conseil Départemental de l'Ordre.In the case of practice exc…

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