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Showing 37313740 of 18897 articles for Art. 41 V bis

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A38-5

…decentralised departments of the Directorate General of Public Finances and notwithstanding the provisions of Article A. 38-3, the regional directorate of public finance for Occitanie and the departm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A38-5-2

…1, the Ile-de-France and Paris Regional Directorates of Public Finance shall be responsible for recovering fines, penalties and confiscations in terms of value for which the Directorate-General of Pub…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single section: Professional equality plan.

Article L1143-1

…fessional equality between women and men, the measures aimed at establishing equal opportunities provided for in article L. 1142-4 may be the subject of a professional equality plan negotiated within…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Business-to-business loans

Article R511-2-1-3

…atutory auditor shall be notified annually of the outstanding loan agreements granted pursuant to 3 bis of article L. 511-6. In a statement attached to the management report, the statutory auditor sha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-7

I. - For the persons mentioned in 1° to 6° and 7° bis of Article L. 561-2, the obligations laid down in I and III of Article L. 561-5 and in Article L. 561-5-1 may be implemented by a third party in e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-47

I.-Magistrates shall have access to all data, information and communications content recorded in the processing system, for the purposes of the proceedings brought before them. II.For the purposes of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxable income of foreign nationals and persons not resident in France for tax purposes

Article 164 B

…uch real estate; b. Income from French transferable securities and all other transferable capital invested in France; c. Income from businesses located in France; d. Income from professional activitie…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-2

The work permit provided for in Article R. 5221-1 is waived for: 1° Nationals of the Member States of the European Union, the other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-29

…231-26 : 1° Classification, labels and aid, as well as, where applicable…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Information to be provided to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L355-1

…rité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution the information necessary for the exercise of its supervision, including in particular:-the report on the solvency and financial situation referred to in A…

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