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Showing 35713580 of 4213 articles for Art. CE 31 Mar 2017 n° 401059

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable companies and local authorities.

Article 206

…tions governed by the law of 1st July 1901, associations governed by the local law maintained in force in the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin departments, unions governed by articles L. 2131-1 to L. 2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Powers exercised on behalf of the municipality.

Article L2122-22

…f the municipal council, be entrusted, in whole or in part, and for the duration of his term of office:1° To determine and modify the allocation of communal properties used by municipal public service…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions relating to group insurance.

Article L141-6

For group insurance contracts within the meaning of article L. 141-1, other than those governed by Title I of law no. 89-1009 of 31 December 1989 strengthening the guarantees offered to persons insure…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-9

If the European Company no longer has its central administration in France, any interested party may apply to the court to have the situation regularised by transferring the registered office or re-es…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Management mandates

Article L518-24-1

…ngs and independent public authorities, to collect income or pay expenditure and to act in legal proceedings in the name and on behalf of the principal. The agency agreement must provide for accounts…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L541-1

…e persons who engage in the following activities on a regular professional basis: 1° Investment advice as referred to in 5 of article L. 321-1 ; 2° (Repealed) 3° Advice on the provision of investment…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-5

…mount of aid granted to carry out a project complies, depending on the nature of the expenditure concerned, with the intensity rates provided for in Article 17(6), Article 18(2), Article 19(3), Articl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Article R512-29

…rapidly alterable, when its value, its nature, the too small quantity of product or the low prevalence and distribution of the danger justifies it, sampling is carried out in a sample. This sampling r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Categories of beneficiaries.

Article L5212-13

…scheme or the provisions governing public employees, provided that the invalidity of the persons concerned reduces their capacity to work or earn a living by at least two-thirds; 4° The beneficiaries…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bank charges

Article L753-4

…nch Polynesia, credit institutions, payment institutions, electronic money institutions and the Office des postes et télécommunications de Polynésie française shall, between 1 June and 31 July, at the…

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