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Showing 25012510 of 2564 articles for Art. 29 sept. 1999

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article L312-20

I. - Deposits and assets held in dormant accounts mentioned in article L. 312-19 are deposited with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations: 1° For dormant accounts mentioned in 1° of I of the same art…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes I

Article Annexe I-4 (art. R122-6)

…es set by the Board of Directors shall be subject to the provisions of Articles L. 228-27 to L. 228-29 of the Commercial Code, unless the defaulting shareholder is a local authority. Article 10 All pa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L774-42

…561-2-1 to L. 561-2-3; 4° Article L. 561-3 with the exception of VI; 5° Articles L. 561-4 to L. 561-29-1; 6° Articles L. 561-30 to L. 561-32; 7° Article L. 561-33 with the exception of 3° of II; 8° Ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
18°: Parent companies

Article 145

1. The parent company tax regime, as defined in Article 216, is applicable to companies and other bodies subject to corporation tax at the standard rate which hold equity interests satisfying the foll…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 nonies

…weightTonne170.19 (175.13 in 2009)-with a phosphate content of more than 30% by weightTonne283.65 (291.88 in 2009)Extraction materials.Tonne0,201a. From 1st January 2013, the rates mentioned in 1 are…

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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

I. - Where they do not fall within the scope of Article 757 B, sums, annuities or values of any kind owed directly or indirectly by one or more insurance and similar organisations, due to the death of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory powers.

Article L5215-20

…uded between the State and the region in application of chapter III of title I of law no. 82-653 of 29 July 1982 on planning reform, in order to take account of the specific characteristics of its ter…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R774-39

…irers within the meaning of Regulation EU 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015," are replaced by the words: "linked payment service providers that enter into a contr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1382

…IV de la même loi ainsi que ceux attribués en vertu des dispositions de l'article 112 de la loi du 29 avril 1926 aux associations visées par cet article et ceux acquis ou édifiés par lesdites associa…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L444-2

…1-4, the references to articles L. 421-9 to L. 421-11, L. 421-15 and L. 421-16, L. 421-26 to L. 421-29 are deleted; 6° In article L. 411-5: a) In the first paragraph, the words: "as well as the reside…

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