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Showing 74117420 of 10834 articles for Art. CE 24-10-2014 n° 366962

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-5

The persons referred to in Article L. 562-4 are prohibited from making funds or economic resources available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of persons whose funds or economic resources…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article R134-8

…o a subsidiary allocation account mentioned in article L. 134-2 are recorded in the allocation balance sheet provided for in b of article R. 342-1 at their realisable value, determined in accordance w…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Services provided by an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R370-2

…Article L. 370-2. In addition, all securities issued, loans obtained or guaranteed and deposits placed with undertakings belonging to the same group within the meaning of Article L. 356-1 may not exc…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R431-16-2

…431-5, L. 431-9 and L. 431-10 of this Code gives rise to the payment of remuneration by the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance. The terms and conditions for the commitment, call and remuneration of the g…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Interest on arrears, flat-rate compensation and additional compensation for recovery costs

Article R2192-34

In the event of disagreement over the amount of an advance payment or the balance, payment is made within the time limits set out in articles R. 2192-10 and R. 2192-11 on the provisional basis of the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Portion of contract performance reserved for SMEs

Article R2213-5

…1-13 is set at 10% of the estimated value of the partnership contract, excluding financing costs, except where the economic structure of the sector concerned does not allow this.The rate mentioned in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article L464-5-1

…f up to 10% of their amount, payable by the sanctioned organisation or company and intended to finance assistance to victims. The third paragraph of I of article L. 464-2 is applicable to this surchar…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Requests concerning national defence

Article R612-30

…ert appraisal is ordered, it may only be carried out by persons authorised by the Minister for Defence.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L531-1

…euros. The amount of the fine may be increased, in proportion to the benefits derived from the offence, to 10% of average annual turnover, calculated on the basis of the last three annual turnover fig…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8: Non-compliance with conditions governing tax benefits

Article 1740-0 B

The submission of a statement on honour by an individual who does not meet the condition set out in the third paragraph of 1 of I of article 117 quater and the last paragraph of I of article 125 A to…

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