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Showing 28112820 of 2980 articles for Art. 26 February 2015

French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 157

…tion of mutual and joint certificates paid under the conditions provided for in V of article L. 322-26-8 of the Insurance Code, in IV of article L. 221-19 du code de la mutualité or IV of article L. 9…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-28-4

…eneral Tax Code is a signatory to a city contract as defined in article 6 of law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 on programming for cities and urban cohesion, it must, by deliberation, adopt, in cons…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article D711-70-1

…f budgetary appropriations, the part of the indemnity exceeding one year's salary may be paid by 15 February of the following financial year at the latest. If the dismissal takes place during the fina…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 nonies C

…s and the eighth paragraph of I and the penultimate paragraph of II and III of Article 35 of Law n° 2015-991 of 7 August 2015 on the new territorial organisation of the Republic.For the application of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-27-2

…of death are not subject to this deposit when the death of the insured occurred prior to 1 January 2015. The sums due under the contracts mentioned in the first paragraph of this I and comprising, in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-2

…rsons belong. The AMF shall refuse authorisation if the provisions of Articles L. 533-25 and L. 533-26 are not complied with or if there are objective and demonstrable reasons for considering that the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Regional Councils

Article L4312-5

…uncil of the order of any disciplinary sanction mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 4311-26, pronounced for professional misconduct against a nurse working in the public sector.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-24

…eil d'Etat. Where the creditor has been released from foreclosure in accordance with article L. 622-26, the time limits only run from the date of notification of this decision; they are then reduced b…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Classes of insurance and statements to be produced

Article A344-2

…arty liability ;23 Motor (damage) ;24 Personal property damage ;25 Damage to professional property ;26 Damage to agricultural property ;27 Natural disasters ;28 General civil liability ;29 Legal prote…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L763-3

…420-3, the words: "by applying the provisions of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/570 of 26 May 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on mark…

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