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Showing 24612470 of 2748 articles for Art. 29 Mar 1996

French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R329-4

…of original own funds may not be less than half of the absolute floor required under Article R. 352-29.One quarter of the absolute floor required under article R. 352-29 must be deposited or recorded…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Crisis prevention and management measures

Article A311-6

…here are intra-group guarantees within a group, the financial terms of these guarantees compared to market terms and the risk management systems relating to these guarantees; 11° The risk of contagion…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 B quater

…iance with the following conditions.A. - The company or fund referred to in I belongs to the "money market" class or the "short-term money market" class. This classification is evidenced by the docume…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 tricies

…which the application for approval is registered by the Agence nationale de l'habitat is between 1 March 2022 and 31 December 2024; 2° The property is rented out unoccupied as the main residence for…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-12

…the occupational retirement provision business referred to inArticle 7 of Order no. 2006-344 of 23 March 2006; b) Or are authorised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and provide…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Negotiating and formalising the commercial relationship

Article L441-4

I.-This article applies to the agreement mentioned in I of article L. 441-3 when it relates to mass-market products defined as non-durable products that are consumed frequently and repeatedly. The lis…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article R811-1

…sions of Book II in their wording, for their application , resulting from Decree no. 2017-338 of 15 March 2017;3° The provisions of Book III with the exception of Articles R. 326-1 to R. 326-7 ;Articl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions common to Titles I to IIIa

Article 1647-00 bis

…1 January 1992 and who benefit from the start-up grant provided for by the decree no. 81-246 of 17 March 1981 as amended and by the articles D. 343-9 to D. 343-12 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery

Article R4311-5

The design and construction obligations for placing machinery on the market do not apply to the following products: 1° Products which, although meeting the definition of machinery, are subject, exclus…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Commission responsible for applications for authorisation to practise from successful candidates in knowledge verification tests

Article D4111-10

…itting on the ordinal qualification commissions instituted byarticle 2 of decree no. 2004-252 of 19 March 2004 relating to the conditions under which doctors of medicine may obtain a specialist qualif…

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