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Showing 87018710 of 16677 articles for Art. 25 Oct 1989 — BRDA 6/90 p. 6

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to financial instruments

Article L742-15

…same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 231-3 Order no. 2005-1278 of 14 October 2005 L. 231-4 Ordinance no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 231-5 Act 2014-1 of 2 January 201…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to financial instruments

Article L743-15

…he same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 231-3 Order no. 2005-1278 of 14 October 2005 L. 231-4 Ordinance no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 231-5 Act 2014-1 of 2 January 201…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to financial instruments

Article L744-14

…he same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 231-3 Order no. 2005-1278 of 14 October 2005 L. 231-4 Ordinance no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 231-5 Act 2014-1 of 2 January 201…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Tasks

Article D211-53-1

…ipation in information and training in the fields of skiing and mountaineering for public servants; 6° The development of members of the French ski teams and young hopefuls as well as high level mount…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Manufacture of and trade in beverages

Article R3322-4

…alcohol will be offered: free of charge or for sale, with an indication of prices and opening hours;6° The expected quantity of alcohol (in pure alcohol);7° The category of alcoholic beverages sold or…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-26

…re-evaluated in application of article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-16

…declarations provided for in articles…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4 : Smoothing or spreading devices

Article 75-0 A

…ar in which it is realised and of the six following financial years.The provisions of I of article 163-0 A shall apply in respect of each of these financial years regardless of the amount of the fract…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Deeds and formalities relating to partition and sale by voluntary auction

Article A444-194

…immovable property, including in the case of a licitation by voluntary auction (number 37 of table 6), give rise to the collection of:1° In the case of adversarial proceedings, a proportional fee acc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single section: Shareholdings in commercial companies other than those referred to in 8° of Article L. 4211-1

Article R4211-7

…all refer the matter to the Commission des participations et des transferts provided for in Article 25 of Ordinance no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions o…

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