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Showing 35313540 of 3844 articles for Art. 22 sept. 2016

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article D22-10-16

…benefits made by the company for the benefit of its corporate officers pursuant to 4° of Article L. 22-10-9 specifies for each corporate officer the essential constituent elements of such commitments,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-36

…29 may also, at the reasoned request of the employer in the situations mentioned in Article R. 4462-22, grant a derogation where the analysis carried out by the employer demonstrates the existence of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2

…and airports constituting border crossing points within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 quater A

…ioned in Articles L. 241-3, L. 241-3-1 or L. 241-3-2 of the same code, as it stood prior to Law no. 2016-1321 of 7 October 2016 for a Digital Republic; > 3° Or suffers a loss of autonomy resulting in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-165-1

…l the undertakings included in the same scope of consolidation within the meaning of Articles 2 and 22 of Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the annu…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R324-1-7

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Crisis prevention and management measures

Article A311-6

…up to which it belongs, so as to achieve the resolution objectives mentioned in I of Article L. 311-22, in particular with regard to the nature of these measures and the organisation of the person con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-1

…dures laid down in Articles L. 6211-2, L. 6211-7 to L. 6211-9, L. 6211-11 to L. 6211-20 and L. 6211-22; 3° Invoicing, by a medical biology laboratory, for medical biology tests in breach of Article L.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 157

…t are not admitted to trading on a regulated market, within the meaning of articles L. 421-1 ou L. 422-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, or on a multilateral trading facility, within the meaning o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-7

…ge fees for card-related payment transactions; 21° Section 1 of Chapter I of Title II of this Book; 22° Articles L. 541-9-2, L. 541-9-3 and L. 541-15-9 of the Environment Code; 23° Of article L. 541-1…

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