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Showing 92619270 of 9594 articles for Art. CAA Bordeaux 17-12-2021 n° 19BX03783

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Procedural obligations and rights of appeal

Article L613-58

I. - When it has adopted a resolution measure in respect of a person referred to in I of Article L. 613-34, the resolution board shall fulfil the obligations set out in II and III as soon as circumsta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article R123-252

The following particulars relating to the legal entity are entered in the National Register of Companies, upon declaration by the company at the time of its registration: 1° The company name, followed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: Business formalities centres

Article A123-7

A strategic college is hereby set up under the authority of the Minister for the Economy to oversee the monitoring of the processing of company formalities, authorisations to access or carry out their…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-16

The head pharmacist and the delegate pharmacist(s) of the companies or organisations mentioned in 1° and 2° of article R. 5124-2 must provide evidence of at least two years' practical experience in on…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-1

I. - When, pursuant to the last paragraph of Article R. 441-21, the commitments of the insurance undertaking under an agreement are no longer represented in at least an equivalent manner by the assets…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-6-1

The professional practice standard relating to the assessment of misstatements identified during the audit, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below:. NEP-450. ASSESSMENT OF ANOMALIES IDENT…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLVIII: Tax credit for new productive investments in overseas France

Article 244 quater W

…mpletion of the property, or its acquisition if later, under the conditions provided for by the loi n° 84-595 du 12 juillet 1984 définissant la location-accession à la propriété immobilière;b) The acq…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-270

…s to a fonds commun de placement d'entreprise, governed by the provisions of l'article 21 de la loi n° 88-1201 du 23 décembre 1988 relative aux organismes de placement collectif en valeurs mobilières…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article L312-19

I. - Each year, the credit institutions mentioned in Title I of Book V and the electronic money and payment institutions mentioned in Title II of the same book shall draw up a list of inactive account…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Compulsory non-life insurance.

Article L242-1

Any natural or legal person who, acting in the capacity of owner, vendor or agent of the owner of the building, has building work carried out, must take out insurance before the start of the worksite,…

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