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Showing 99119920 of 10201 articles for Art. CE 29-9-1989 n° 68212

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-2

…tution referred to in Article L. 511-1 ; b) A company referred to in Article L. 310-1 of the Insurance Code, a mutual insurance company or a union governed by Book II of the Mutual Insurance Code or a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax system

Article L5211-6-1

I. - The number and distribution of community councillor seats are established:1° Either in accordance with the procedures set out in II to VI of this article;2° Or, in communities of communes and agg…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 156

…gory of income; if the overall income is not sufficient for the deduction to be made in full, the excess of the deficit is carried forward successively to the overall income of the following years up…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-3

…terms, the following information:1° The identity of the supplier, the address of its registered office, its unique identification number and the words RCS followed by the name of the town where the re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Income from securities issued outside France and similar income

Article 120

…mmercial, civil and generally any other companies, corporations or enterprises whose registered office is situated abroad regardless of when they were created;2° Interest, income and profits from inte…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-1

…eferred to in I of Article L. 214-168 may result from the acquisition, subscription or holding of receivables or other assets referred to in III below, the granting of loans or the conclusion of contr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative schemes

Article L1333-8

…haracteristics and conditions of implementation of these activities, due to the risks or inconveniences they may present for the interests mentioned in article L. 1333-7 and the adequacy of the regula…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Transactions carried out by supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L143-2

…in article L. 143-1 may include additional cover in the event of the member's death before or after ceasing professional activity, as well as in the event of disability and incapacity. Individual righ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Restructuring of professional branches

Article L2261-32

…r Labour may, in view of the general interest in restructuring professional branches, initiate a procedure to merge the scope of application of the collective agreements of a branch with that of a rel…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2411-1

…m the protection against dismissal provided for in this chapter, including during a safeguarding, receivership or compulsory liquidation procedure: 1° Délégué syndical ; 2° Membre élu à la délégation…

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