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Showing 30413050 of 3182 articles for Art. CE 28 Sep 2017 n° 409770

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regulatory and monitoring role in the field of technical protection measures and the identification of protected works and objects

Article R331-24

…mmunication audiovisuelle et numérique shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the authority, by electronic transmission.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-11

…of each supplementary occupational pension fund mentioned in Article L. 381-1, in respect of insurance, capitalisation or supplementary occupational pension commitments falling within categories 1 to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-270

…y provisions to the contrary. However, the implementation of this decision is subject to the existence of a collective company agreement concluded with one or more representative employee trade union…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-6-1

…ita income of urban departments benefit from an urban equalisation grant.A synthetic index of resources and charges for eligible urban departments is calculated for each eligible department, taking in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Notaries' fees

Article A444-180

Deeds and formalities relating to the forced execution of immovable property give rise to the collection of fees in accordance with the table below: Description of service Fee a) Acts and formalities…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 quater

1. Taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B may benefit from an income tax credit in respect of expenses actually incurred for the contribution to the energy transition of the d…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for initiating resolution proceedings

Article L311-18

…la sécurité sociale, si l'Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution estime que la mise en place du plan de convergence mentionné à l'article L. 385-8 du présent code n'a pas permis, dans un dél…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-3

I. - The operator of a trading venue shall put in place effective systems, procedures and mechanisms to ensure that its trading systems are resilient, have sufficient capacity to handle high volumes o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 793

…ponding to the assets referred to in a below and sums deposited in a forestry investment and insurance account provided for in Chapter II of Title V of Book III of the Forestry Code, provided: a. that…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-1

…decision, approved the agreement or endorsed the future protection mandate:1° Applications for the certification of French enforceable titles with a view to their recognition and enforcement abroad p…

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