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Showing 56115620 of 5635 articles for Art. 16 December 2009

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-2

…bis Shares in open-ended investment companies and units in unit trusts governed by articles L. 214-160 and L. 214-161 of the Monetary and Financial Code, shares or units in collective investment sche…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34-1

…51(a) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013; 16° "Tier 2 capital instruments" means the capital instruments or subordinated debt referred to in A…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common law provisions.

Article D312-1-1

…he amount of the direct debit presented for payment by the creditor and the transaction is rejected;16° Charges for administrative seizure by a third party holder: the account is debited for bank char…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLIX: Tax credit for low-income housing associations investing in new housing in overseas France

Article 244 quater Y

…ject, for investments made in Saint-Martin, to compliance with Commission Decision 2012/21/EU of 20 December 2011 on the application of Article 106(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
ANNEX TO BOOK VII

Article

…iel de la République Française of the deliberation of the CNC's Board of Directors of 24 November 2016 and is applicable until 31 December 2020, the date on which the GBER expires, or, where applicabl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 209

…its made in businesses operated in France, those mentioned in a, e, e bis and e ter of I of Article 164 B as well as those whose taxation is attributed to France by an international double taxation tr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
ANNEX TO BOOK III

Article

…General Tax Code, together with proof of registration in the public film and audiovisual register; 16° In the event of an initial contribution from a publisher of on-demand audiovisual media services…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The Chairman.

Article L5211-9-2

…regulate this activity.Without prejudice to article L. 2212-2 and by derogation to article L. 2224-16, when a grouping of authorities is competent in the area of household waste collection, the mayor…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 quindecies

…he ENR Directive means Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, in the version in force…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLVI: Tax credit for interest-free repayable advances to finance work to improve the energy performance of older homes

Article 244 quater U

…ntitlement to the energy transition premium mentioned in II of Article 15 of Law No 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on the finances for 2020;2° Or work to achieve a minimum overall energy performance of…

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