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Showing 64216430 of 6535 articles for Art. CA Rennes – 17 Dec. 2024 – no. 23/05277

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-12

…n of the risks and safeguards approach", approved by the Minister of Justice, is set out below: Ethical standard "securing the work of the statutory auditor-implementation of the risk and safeguards a…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: National health data system

Article L1461-1

…ance information system mentioned in Article L. 161-28-1 of the Social Security Code;3° Data on the causes of death referred to in Article L. 2223-42 of the General Local Authorities Code;4° Medico-so…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
15° bis : Tax reduction for loans taken out to take over a business

Article 199 terdecies-0 B

…unt of interest on loans taken out to acquire, as part of a takeover transaction, a fraction of the capital of a company whose securities are not admitted to trading on a French or foreign regulated m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-11

…s. A decree may extend the new maximum payment period to all operators in the sector or, where applicable, validate the new method of calculation and extend it to these same operators.II.-The payment…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34

…supervision on a consolidated basis of their parent company applies, on the basis of Articles 6 to 17 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013;4° F…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article R151-3

…egime for the control of exports, transfers, brokering and transit of dual-use items; 3° Activities carried out by entities holding national defence secrets; 4° Activities carried out in the informati…

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

Article 150 U

…ons specific to industrial and commercial profits, agricultural profits and non-commercial profits, capital gains realised by natural persons or companies or groupings covered by Articles 8 to 8 ter,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of objects protected by a neighbouring right by providers of online content sharing services

Article L219-2

…sharing service performs an act of exploitation that falls within the scope of the right of communication to the public or the broadcasting right of the holders of related rights mentioned in this ti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Transfer of powers.

Article L5215-22

I. - When some of the communes of a syndicate of communes or a mixed syndicate form part of an urban community, through the creation of this community, through the merger of public establishments of i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and scope of application

Article L612-1

…vision.The Autorité monitors compliance by these persons with the European provisions directly applicable to them, the provisions of the Monetary and Financial Code and the regulatory provisions for i…

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