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Showing 85318540 of 9215 articles for Art. 8 janv. 1997

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L341-1

…proved in another Member State of the European Union and authorised to operate on French territory; 8° Carrying out a transaction involving one of the digital assets referred to in Article L. 54-10-1,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to carry out doorstep selling

Article L341-3

…titutions or finance companies as defined in article L. 511-1, the bodies mentioned in article L. 518-1, electronic money institutions, payment institutions, account information service providers, inv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: The economic, social and environmental database

Article L2312-36

…on of financial backers;7° Financial flows to the company, in particular public aid and tax credits;8° Sub-contracting;9° Where applicable, commercial and financial transfers between group entities;10…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-10

…ing will be unable to submit a realistic short-term financing plan as referred to in Article L. 352-8 or that the Authority does not obtain such a plan within one month of the date on which the deviat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the investigation of claims for compensation.

Article R424-12

…7° A representative of all the branches of industry concerned by the fund, nominated by FENARIVE; 8° One person nominated by the Fédération française des sociétés d'assurances; 9° Two persons nomina…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Council of auction houses

Article L321-18

…7° Registering the declarations of nationals of the States mentioned in section 2 of this chapter; 8° Collaborating with the competent authorities of the other Member States of the European Union or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-6

…eeding five months. If a request for a finding or approval has been made pursuant to article L. 611-8 before the expiry of this period, the conciliator's mission and the procedure are extended until t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Invalidity of certain acts.

Article L632-1

…attached to sentencing judgments constituted on the debtor's assets for debts previously contracted;8° Any protective measure, unless the registration or act of seizure predates the date of cessation…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Flat-rate tax on network companies

Article 1599 quater B

…fibre optic electronic communications networks to the end user within the meaning of Article L. 34-8-3 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code;c) At the optical connection nodes of fibr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1663 C

…ter than the 15th of each month of the year, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 1680 A. 2. At the taxpayer's option, the advance payment is paid in quarters no later than 15 February…

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