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Showing 38513860 of 3964 articles for Art. CA Paris – 24 Nov. 2016

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L421-1

…e failed to comply with the obligations resulting for them from: 1° Provisions adopted for the application of 2° of Article…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-2

…e Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as well as securities issued by the Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale instituted by Article 1 of Order no. 96-50 of 24 January…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IX: Special arrangements applicable to taxable persons supplying services to non-taxable persons or carrying out distance sales of goods or certain domestic supplies of goods

Article 298 sexdecies H

…es of this special scheme: 1° Any taxable person established on the territory of the European Union carrying out distance selling of goods imported from third territories or countries; 2° Any taxable…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1

I.-Category A and B customs officers, specially designated by order of the ministers responsible for justice and the budget, taken after the assent of a commission whose composition and operation are…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 B quinquies

I. - In the event of a withdrawal of cash from an account defined in article L. 221-32-4 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the net gain referred to in 2 ter of II of article 150-0 A of this code is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: Equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article L221-32-2

…s paid into the equity savings plan for the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies are used for one or more of the following purposes:a) Shares, excluding those mentione…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-27-2

I.-Sums due under life insurance contracts and capitalisation bonds or contracts which are not the subject of a request for payment of benefits or capital are deposited with the Caisse des dépôts et c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 289

…nd on his behalf, by his customer or by a third party:a. For supplies of goods or services which he carries out for another taxable person, or for a non-taxable legal person, and which are not exempt…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-14

…date of registration in the file. This retention period is extended to forty years when the biological traces from unknown persons have been collected as part of an investigation or information relat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-20

…ther State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or, for one of these States, in the case of a federal State, one of the members making up the Federation ; b) A regional or local author…

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