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Showing 92619270 of 9704 articles for Art. CJEU – Agro – 16 Feb. 2017 – C-507/15

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article L54-10-5

I.-In order to provide one or more of the services referred to in Article L. 54-10-2 on a regular professional basis, service providers established in France may apply for authorisation from the Autor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1

…the request, the official concerned may lodge an appeal with the commission provided for in Article 16-2. The procedure applicable before this commission is that provided for by article 16-3 and its i…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
BOOK VI: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

Article R611-3

…ing an approval under Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 establishing common rules in the field of civil aviation security, other than the a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Assessment of tax

Article 221

…ssistance for recovery with a scope similar to that provided for in Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16 March 2010 on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, taxes, duties and o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-3

…two hundred and fifty municipalities classified the previous year pursuant to 1° of article L. 2334-16 and the first thirty municipalities classified according to 2° of the same article L. 2334-16 are…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-2

…f the municipality in 2020 multiplied by the correction coefficient mentioned in B of IV of Article 16 of Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finances for 2020; 1° ter The product determined by a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-21-1

…ided by these general terms and conditions shall be null and void. Miscellaneous provisions Article 16 Subrogation The insurer is subrogated to the extent of the compensation paid by it in the rights…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of objects protected by a neighbouring right by providers of online content sharing services

Article L219-2

…17 of 6 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256 bis

I. - 1° Intra-Community acquisitions of tangible movable property made for consideration by a taxable person acting as such, or by a non-taxable legal entity when the vendor is a taxable person acting…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-14-2

…bles or debt securities, including equity securities under the conditions set out in Article L. 214-169 of the Monetary and Financial Code; 4° Assets transferred to it as part of the commitments it ma…

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