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Showing 50315040 of 5576 articles for Art. 12 févr. 1980

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Reference perimeter and authorisation for installation within this perimeter

Article A761-14

…second part of the application to the Prefect referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 761-12-1 includes all the information needed to examine the application, namely: 1° An indicative plan o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L950-1

…this Code shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° Book I, with the exception of Articles L. 123-29 to L. 123-31, L. 124-1 to L. 126-1, L. 135-1 to L. 135-3;Article L. 123-6 shall apply in its…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-15

…approved by the Autorité des marchés financiers in force, subject to the provisions of Articles L. 612-39 and L. 612-40 ; b) Natural persons placed under the authority of or acting on behalf of one of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81

…lowance, the stay-at-home mother's allowance and the childcare allowance, maintained under Articles 12 and 13 of Law no. 77-765 of 12 July 1977 instituting the family supplement, the disabled adults'…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Organisation and supplementary content of the economic, social and environmental database

Article R2312-9

In the absence of an agreement provided for in article L. 2312-21, in undertakings with at least three hundred employees, the economic, social and environmental database provided for in article L. 231…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-5

…tions, whichever is higher. Premiums or contributions net of cancellation and taxes for classes 11, 12 and 13 listed in article R. 321-1 are increased by 50%. Premiums or contributions written in dire…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2671-1

…ICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDIn Book IR. 2100-1 In Title IR. 2111-1 to R. 2111-2 R. 2111-4 to R. 2112-12 R. 2112-13 Resulting from Decree no. 2018-1225 of 24 December 2018R. 2112-14 to R. 2113-6R. 21…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article L783-2

…ted in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicableIn the wording resulting fromL. 612-1, with the exception of III, the second to eighth paragraphs of IV, V to VIIIOrder no. 2023-836…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article L784-2

…ted in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 612-1, with the exception of III, the second to eighth paragraphs of IV, V to VIIIOrder no. 2023-836…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 209-0 B

…arter basis to companies that are not directly or indirectly related to them, within the meaning of 12 of the article 39, or to related companies that have not themselves opted for the scheme, are eit…

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