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Showing 60416050 of 6566 articles for Art. 31 March 2009

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L743-7

…unds, known as "AIFs":"; b) In II, the words "Article 2 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 231/2013 of 19 December 2012" are replaced by the words "the provisions laid down by decree"; 3° In t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services

Article D533-15

I. - For the purposes of II of Article L. 533-12, the information provided to clients is as follows:1° Where they provide the investment service referred to in 5° of Article L. 321-1, investment servi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents

Article A123-68-1

…517-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code; c) The investment companies mentioned in the article L. 531-4 of the Monetary and Financial Code as well as the persons mentioned in articles L. 532-18 and L…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Assessment of tax

Article 221

…stance for recovery with a scope similar to that provided for in Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16 March 2010 on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, taxes, duties and othe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 quater

…es.VIII.-Taxpayers are required to file a declaration accompanied by payment of the tax, before 1st March each year, with the competent public accountant for the location of the taxable premises.The p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 U

…where the latter is now a resident of an establishment mentioned in 6° or 7° of I of l'article L. 312-1 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles if, in respect of the penultimate year precedi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L533-10

…ecord of every service they provide and every transaction they carry out, enabling the Autorité des marchés financiers to carry out its supervisory duties and to monitor compliance by providers with a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-26

…finance companies affiliated to a network and the central body within the meaning of Article L. 511-31 are deemed to be part of the same group for the purposes of this Article. The same applies to ent…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-27

…of the provisions of articles L. 352-1, R. 352-2 and R. 352-5, the following rules apply: a) Until 31 December 2017, the standard parameters to be used to calculate the concentration risk sub-module…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
X : Special arrangements for the declaration and payment of value added tax on importation

Article 298 sexdecies I

…ter of the operations covered by this special scheme.This register shall be kept for ten years from 31 December of the year of the operation.This register shall be made available to the tax or customs…

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