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Showing 781790 of 9704 articles for Art. CJEU – Agro – 16 Feb. 2017 – C-507/15

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies.

Article R532-15

I. - Before attaching special conditions to an authorisation, granting an authorisation to acquire a holding or a controlling interest, or granting an authorisation to a portfolio management company w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
TITLE XXXII: PROCEDURE APPLICABLE TO OFFENCES RELATING TO THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THEIR MEANS OF DELIVERY

Article 706-167

…f delivery systems for weapons of mass destruction as provided for in articles L. 2339-14 à L. 2339-16 of the same code; 5° The offences of smuggling, importing or exporting provided for in the second…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-15

Appendices to the budget documents include:1° Summary data on the financial situation of the local authority;2° A list of assistance granted by the local authority in the form of benefits in kind or s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Intercommunal direct tax commission

Article 1650 A

…coopération intercommunale subject by right or by option to the tax regime provided for in Article 1609 nonies C, an inter-municipal direct tax commission is set up comprising eleven members, namely…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 sexies

…50-0, the value added is calculated in accordance with the procedures set out in a of I of Article 1647 B sexies (1).III. - For credit institutions and finance companies and, when authorised by the A…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Payment of damages and interest on confiscated property

Article 706-164

…been decided by a final decision and of which the Agency is the custodian pursuant to Articles 706-160 or 707-1. This request for payment must, on pain of foreclosure, be sent by registered letter to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIIc: Tax on precious metals, jewellery, works of art, collectors' items and antiques

Article 150 VM

I. - A declaration, in accordance with a model drawn up by the administration, sets out, as appropriate, the elements used to calculate the tax or the option provided for in article 150 VL. It is file…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 9: Special provisions for forestry savings companies governed by Article L. 214-121.

Article R214-163

…or to work to improve the forestry assets held. Subject to the provisions of III of article R. 214-162, the cumulative market value of assets and company shares exchanged or sold during a twelve-mont…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-16

…plementary report in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014. This report shall be submitted to the body responsible for administration or to the s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial guarantee

Article R1333-162

…is himself the beneficiary of a guarantee covering the take-back costs mentioned in Article R. 1333-163. The obligation to provide financial guarantees remains in force notwithstanding any guarantee t…

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