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Showing 24212430 of 2837 articles for Art. 26 janv. 2017

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-1

…al security contributions; 4° Under the conditions provided for in article 88-1 of Law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, expenditure relating to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L441-2

…likely to fall, and if so, on what terms and conditions. Agreements entered into on or after 1 July 2017 provide for the possibility of reducing the service value of the annuity unit and of conversion…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General information

Article 1586

…quater A. However: 1° For the application of this II to planning permissions issued from 1 January 2017, the Lyon metropolitan authority is substituted for the Rhône département within the scope of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-10

…n, in particular under Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 and Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-40

…ing mentioned in the last paragraph of I.When a commune ceases to be eligible for the allocation in 2017, the departmental envelope is increased over the following four financial years by an amount eq…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-3

…ity for a given instrument by application of 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 Cou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-27

…rovisions of the articles L. 1612-1 to L. 1612-20, as well as those referred to in articles L. 1424-26 and L. 1424-35.The maximum allowances voted by the board of directors of the fire and rescue serv…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-2

…tters and the matters of parental responsibility, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000;- Articles 26 and 27 of Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 of 18 December 2008 on jurisdiction, applicable law,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Information to be provided

Article L522-3

…ments provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014, and in particular those that are not caused by the occurrence of an underlying mar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions

Article L412-2

…L. 512-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code; 2° Certificats mutualistes mentioned inarticle L. 322-26-8 of the French Insurance Code; 3° Shares in cooperative societies constituted in the form of a p…

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