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Showing 65516560 of 9704 articles for Art. CJEU – Agro – 16 Feb. 2017 – C-507/15

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to establishments distributing the Livret A or the Livret de développement durable et solidaire.

Article R221-8

…te increased in accordance with the terms and conditions defined in Article 6 of Decree 2011-275 of 16 March 2011 relating to the remuneration of networks collecting Livret A and Livret de Développeme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Crédit Mutuel.

Article R512-19

…anies controlled directly or indirectly, exclusively or jointly within the meaning ofArticle L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code by one or more members of the Crédit Mutuel network may also be affiliated…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions.

Article D2411-4

…cond paragraph of article L. 2411-3, in article L. 2411-11, the second paragraph of article L. 2411-16 and the eighth paragraph of article L. 2412-1. The prefect informs the mayor of the commune, who…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-21-1

The supplementary report drawn up pursuant to III of article L. 823-16 is submitted to the specialised committee mentioned in article L. 823-19 or to the body performing the functions of this committe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Filing of instruments of incorporation

Article A123-57

The associations mentioned in Article A. 123-16deposit in an annex to the Trade and Companies Register, at the latest at the same time as their application for registration, pursuant to the last parag…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Income tax deducted at source

Article 204 H

…out in 1° of this II, the tax credits provided for in A and 3 of E of II of Article 60 of Law no. 2016-1917 of 29 December 2016 on finance for 2017 are not taken into account.The amount of income prov…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Corsica

Article 297

I. - 1. in Corsica, value added tax is levied at the rate of:1° 0.90% for the transactions referred to in articles 281 quater and 281 sexies ;2° 2.10% as regards:The transactions referred to in 1°, 1°…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article L2313-1

The commune's budgets remain deposited at the town hall and, where applicable, at the annexed town hall where they are made available on site to the public within fifteen days of their adoption or, wh…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Organisations approved for the collective management of the right to authorise the exploitation of certain unavailable works

Article R328-1

An organisation governed by Title II of Book III may be approved under II of Article L. 138-2 if it: 1° Provides proof that, by virtue of the mandates entrusted to it, it covers a significant number o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-3

The application shall comprise:1° The application for registration of the trade mark drawn up in accordance with the conditions laid down by the decision referred to in Article R. 712-26 and specifyin…

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