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Showing 59815990 of 6566 articles for Art. 31 March 2009

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-18

…e governing body of a political party or grouping subject to the provisions of law no. 88-227 of 11 March 1988 or of a foreign political party or grouping;3° Member of a Supreme Court, Constitutional…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery

Article R4311-5

…the provisions transposing Directive 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 March 2002 relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles, excluding machinery m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4462-1

…out by the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Defence pursuant to Decree no. 76-225 of 4 March 1976, as amended, laying down the respective powers of the Minister of the Interior and the Mi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration in national directories

Article R6113-9

…l design as defined by Article 2 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of 30 March 2007; 4° Implementing procedures to monitor all the methods used to organise assessment tests;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-58

…enes and consults the social and economic committee under the conditions set out in article L. 2323-31 and in articles : 1° L. 1233-8, for collective redundancies of less than ten employees ; 2° L. 12…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVII ter: Taxation of real estate investment funds

Article 239 nonies

…portion to its share of distributed income.3. The provisions set out in h of 1° of the I of article 31, article 31 bis, the first paragraph of 3° of the I of article 156 relating to buildings listed o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 214

…number of shares to enable the cooperating members to hold at least 50% of the company's capital by 31 December of the seventh year following the year of conversion into a société coopérative de produ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Measures to prevent and stop a breach of business secrecy

Article L152-3

I.-In the context of an action relating to the prevention or cessation of an infringement of a business secret, the court may, without prejudice to the award of damages, prescribe, including under pen…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Special rules applicable throughout the customs territory to certain categories of goods.

Article 215

1. Those who hold or transport goods that are dangerous to public health, safety or morals, counterfeit goods, goods prohibited under international commitments or goods that are the subject of interna…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on cash payment of certain claims

Article L112-6

I. - No payment may be made in cash or by electronic money in respect of a debt in excess of an amount set by decree, taking into account the debtor's place of residence for tax purposes, whether or n…

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