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Showing 14411450 of 28585 articles for Art. 31 mai 1979

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article D532-22

When it decides on a transmission to the competent authority of the host state pursuant toArticle L. 532-27, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall communicate the notifications re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R5121-100-1

Amendments to the terms of the registration decision and the registration dossier are submitted and examined under the conditions laid down in Chapters I and IIa of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
10: Business property tax

Article 1679 quinquies

…rent year. The deposit is not due if this amount is less than €3,000. The advance payment is due on 31 May. This advance payment is rounded to the nearest euro; the fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Tax fraud, combating money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L772-10

…mentioned in Article L. 712-10. III.For application in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, in Article L. 561-31-2 : 1° In the second paragraph of I, the words: "the Europol national unit mentioned in paragraph…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to establishments distributing the Livret A or the Livret de développement durable et solidaire.

Article R221-9

…cle L. 100-2 of the same code; 3° To finance legal entities covered by Article 1 of Law 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social economy. Where applicable, in order to enable verification of compliance…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Meetings of staff representatives.

Article L1233-33

…s envisaged and the alternative proposals to the restructuring project mentioned in article L. 2323-31 formulated by the social and economic committee. It gives them a reasoned response.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office

Article L2573-9

I.-The articles L. 2123-31 to L. 2123-33 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II.-For the application of article L. 2123-32, the words: "as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation.

Article D4626-5

…ents concerned in proportion to the physical headcount of all the staff employed by each of them at 31 December of the last calendar year.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Time savings account.

Article R6152-803

…rights saved and consumed at the end of the previous calendar year and asks him/her to indicate, by 31 March at the latest, his/her choice of use of the days saved.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-6

…ting to informing the borrower in the event of a change in the borrowing rate set out in article L. 312-31 and, for account overdraft transactions, in article L. 312-89 is deprived of the right to int…

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