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Showing 40014010 of 4740 articles for Art. 257 bis · CJUE 27 November 2003

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-7

…toring central venous catheters and implantable vascular access devices put in place by a doctor;4° bis Monitoring and removal of perineural catheters for postoperative analgesia set up by a doctor;5°…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Treatment of losses incurred before joining the group

Article 223 I

…mber of the group ;c) The undeducted net financial charges referred to in 1 of VIII of Articles 212 bis and 223 B bis and the unused deduction capacity referred to in 2 of the same VIII that a company…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of investment service providers

Article L773-30

…2021 L. 533-10-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 533-10-2 to L. 533-10-8 Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 533-11 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 533-12 Ordinance no. 2021-1652 o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of investment service providers

Article L774-30

…2021 L. 533-10-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 533-10-2 to L. 533-10-8 Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 533-11 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 533-12 Ordinance no. 2021-1652 o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-3

…8 is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Order No. 2017-27 of 12 January 2017 on the hosting of personal health data.Articles L. 1111-8-1 and L. 1111-26 are…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 40

…or in the purchase or subscription of shares in investment companies governed by Ordinance no. 45-2710 of 2 November 1945. This commitment to reinvest must be appended to the income tax return for t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Monitoring and penalties.

Article L363-4

…with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010. If the undertaking persists in infringing the rules imposed on it, the Autorité de co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-20-1-B

…t to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authori…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to the control of groups

Article R356-2

…Occupational Pensions Authority in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of 24 November 2010. Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is the group supervisor, i…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Products which may only be sold in bulk under certain conditions

Article D120-6

…ontrols on the finished product are required pursuant to the Commission implementing decision of 25 November 2013 on guidelines for the application of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the Eu…

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