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Showing 21912200 of 3456 articles for Art. CE 31 Jul 2009 n° 305903

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules.

Article R712-18

…mary budget has not been approved by the supervisory authority, the chairman may, using as a reference the primary budget or the last amending budget approved by the supervisory authority for the prev…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article D621-29-1

…ies is traded is determined on the basis of an annual average of the number of securities traded on 31 December of the previous year. The amount of the contribution referred to in IIa of Article L. 62…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article D3332-16-1

…neficiary; 2° The total amount of rights and assets held in the beneficiary's account, estimated at 31 December of the previous year; 3° The amount of his rights and assets per management vehicle, wit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Liability insurance.

Article L124-4

…s of the contract, compensation for the damage caused to the third party, subject to recourse, if necessary, against the public authority which, by its act, caused the damage giving rise to the insure…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Tax on admission prices to screenings organised by cinema operators

Article L115-3

…h in question and during which at least two screenings were organised. However, for the months of December and January, the tax is due until 31 December and from 1 January respectively.The tax is not…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L229-6

As an exception to the second paragraph of Article L. 225-1 a société européenne may form a société européenne of which it is the sole shareholder. It is subject to the provisions applicable to the Eu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-18

From the day of publication of the decree which makes plant breeders' certificates subject to the ex officio licence system, any person presenting technical and professional guarantees may apply to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-48

…opean Investigation Order, the hearing of a person by means of audiovisual communication in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 706-71, the judge hearing the case may, without prejudic…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Measures relating to the intensity of public aid

Article 916-49

…ovisual or multimedia works for which applications for aid are submitted between 1 October 2020 and 31 December 2021 and for which it is justified that there are particular production or marketing dif…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tobacco

Article 575

The weighted average retail selling price in mainland France of manufactured tobacco is calculated by product group according to the total value of all units released for consumption, based on the ret…

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