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Showing 26112620 of 3518 articles for Art. CE 30 Dec 2010 n° 338197

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-37

…atutory auditors who are up to date with their professional dues and who perform one or more assurance engagements for public-interest entities. A second electoral college is made up of statutory audi…

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

Article 150 VB

I. - The purchase price is the price actually paid by the seller, as stipulated in the deed, it being specified that this price includes the existing property and the works in the case of a purchase m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1384 C

I. - Housing acquired with a view to rental, with financial assistance from the State or with a subsidy from the National Urban Renewal Agency, pursuant to 3° and 5° of Article L. 831-1 du code de la…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R356-54

…supervisor and the annual quantitative statements referred to in II of Article L. 356-21 in accordance with the following timetable:a) No later than 26 weeks after the end of the undertaking's financi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rules applicable to other payment instruments

Article D133-10

The exemption from the obligation to set up an emergency mechanism for payment service providers that have a dedicated interface meeting all the conditions mentioned in Article 33(6) of Commission Del…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-25

I. - The financial indices referred to in Article R. 214-32-22 satisfy the following conditions:1° Their composition is sufficiently diversified, in the sense that the following criteria are met:a) Th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Radon management in establishments open to the public

Article R1333-36

…in Article D. 1333-32: 1° The radon activity measurements mentioned in article R. 1333-33 ;2° Services for checking the effectiveness of corrective actions and work as provided for in article R. 1333…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of protection

Article L342-3-1

…f Article L. 331-5 which are capable of preventing or limiting the uses of a database that the producer has not authorised pursuant to Article L. 342-1 benefit from the protection provided by Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obstacles to the legal termination of pregnancy.

Article L2223-2

It is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros to prevent or attempt to prevent anyone from carrying out or obtaining information about a voluntary interruption of pregnancy or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the use of administrative police powers in resolution proceedings

Article R311-10

…ts or prohibits the free disposal of all or part of the assets of a person subject to resolution proceedings, pursuant to 6° of Article L. 311-30, it may prescribe, in accordance with the procedures s…

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