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Showing 28812890 of 3081 articles for Art. 26 sept. 2001

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-10-1

…315 or Article 317 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013. In order to carry out the activity of UCITS custodian, the entities mentioned in 3° to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Accounting and prudential provisions

Article L773-5

…s: mentioned in Article 84 of Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 are replaced by the words: defined by an order of the Minister responsible for the econ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L531-2

…hin the meaning of Annex I to Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, or in acting as a market maker in relation to commodity derivatives.However, the follo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L421-1

I. - The French Compulsory Accident Insurance Guarantee Fund (Fonds de Garantie des Assurances Obligatoires de Dégât) compensates, under the conditions set out in 1 and 2 of this I, the victims or tho…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Charges for the removal of waste, refuse and residues, charges for the removal of household refuse from campsites and special charges

Article L2333-76

The municipalities, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and mixed syndicates that benefit from the competence provided for in article L. 2224-13 may introduce a fee for the removal o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Council for Periodic Certification

Article D4022-1

I.-The National Periodic Certification Board referred to in article L. 4022-5 comprises a collegiate body and professional commissions. II.-The chairman of the national board for periodic certificatio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 73

I. - 1. Farmers subject to an actual taxation system may make a deduction for precautionary savings, the amount of which is capped, per twelve-month financial year: a) 100% of taxable profits, if less…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
18°: Parent companies

Article 145

…mentioned in 12 of Annex I to Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions and to the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0I ter: Levy on sums paid by insurance and similar organisations in respect of insurance contracts in the event of death

Article 990 I

…artial or total transformation falling within the scope of I of Article 1 of the loi n° 2005-842 du 26 juillet 2005 pour la confiance et la modernisation de l'économie or 2° du I de article 125-0 A of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38

…cable, by irrevocable option, to loans denominated in a foreign currency granted, as from 1 January 2001, by companies other than credit institutions, finance companies and investment companies mentio…

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