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Showing 34213430 of 3518 articles for Art. CE 30 Dec 2010 n° 338197

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L613-38

…o Subsection 9 and Subsection 10 of this Section when the conditions for triggering a resolution procedure mentioned in II of Article L. 613-49 or, where applicable, in I and II of Article L. 613-49-1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe II

PROCEDURES FOR CALCULATING AND EVALUATING THE INDICATORS DEFINED IN ARTICLE D. 1142-2-1 FOR COMPANIES WITH BETWEEN 50 AND 250 EMPLOYEES 1. Reference period The employer may choose a period of twelve c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138

…iberty and custody judge if the person under investigation is liable to a correctional prison sentence or a more serious penalty. This supervision requires the person concerned to submit, depending on…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-2

…to State control by virtue of article L. 310-1 or article L. 310-1-1, a société de groupe d'assurance defined in article L. 322-1-2, a mixed financial holding company defined inarticle L. 517-4 of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Special provisions for the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article A444-179

…g to judicial partition and judicial voluntary sales give rise to the collection of fees in accordance with the table below: Description of service Fee a) Acts and formalities taken in application of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.

Article L225-197-1

…ditors or, if none has been appointed, of a Statutory Auditor appointed for this purpose in accordance with the procedures set out in Articles L. 225-228 or L. 22-10-66, may authorise the Board of Dir…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Valuation of assets.

Article A332-7

…n-year government bonds and the corresponding change in the yield curve, an immediate and permanent decrease in the rate of ten-year government bonds and the corresponding change in the yield curve, a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-4 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 814-3)

Article Annexe 8-4

…ECTIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CAISSE DE GARANTIE Recap of texts Article 72 of decree no. 85-1389 of 27 December 1985 (amended by decree no. 2004-518 of 10 June 2004):The guarante…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Public prosecution and investigating authorities

Article A1

…es or bodies that the public prosecutor or investigating judge, as the case may be, may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 11-1, authorise to be issued with a copy of the documents of legal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IIa: Annual tax on office premises, commercial premises, storage premises and parking areas levied in the Ile-de-France region

Article 231 ter

I. - An annual tax on office premises, commercial premises, storage premises and parking areas is levied, within the territorial limits of the Ile-de-France region, made up of Paris and the départemen…

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