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Showing 79517960 of 8303 articles for Art. CJEU – C-452/17 – 21 Nov. 2018

French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31

…operating and management costs in proportion to the assets mentioned in a of 1° of II of article L. 214-81 of the Monetary and Financial Code held directly or indirectly by the fund, excluding variabl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-29

…ice to access, including in an open standard within the meaning of Article 4 of Law No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy, a work or object protected by a technological me…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-8

…h professions. Approval may be withdrawn, in accordance with the conditions set out in Articles L. 121-1, L. 121-2 and L. 122-1 of the Code of Relations between the Public and the Administration, in t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Definition of categories and sub-categories.

Article A344-2

…ury (individual contracts) (including guarantees ancillary to individual life insurance contracts) ;21 Bodily injury (group contracts) (including benefits ancillary to group life insurance contracts)…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes I

Article Annexe I-4 (art. R122-6)

…oard may provisionally complete itself until the date of the next General Meeting. Option A Article 21 Deeds that bind the company and those authorised by the Board of Directors, mandates, withdrawals…

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In force

Article Annexe 4-7

…le, by additional part beyond two parts\n\t\t\t20\n\t\t\tTransmission of a judgment, by part\n\t\t\t21\n\t\t\tActs pre-trial hearing\n\t\t\t before judgment\n\t\t\tProceedings before a Judge-Rapporteu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article L621-5-3

…financiers ; 3° When an issuer, other than a financial institution within the meaning of Article L. 214-166-1 of this Code, submits an information document on an issuance programme, an issue, a sale o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261

…tion provided in public establishments and private establishments governed by articles L. 151-3, L. 212-2, L. 424-1 to L. 424-4, L. 441-1, L. 443-1 to L. 443-5 and L. 731-1 to L. 731-17 of the Educati…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the opening of a branch and the exercise of the freedom to provide services by undertakings governed by the Insurance Code, the Mutual Insurance Code and the Social Security Code

Article R321-32

…on business under the freedom to provide services, in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 321-11, shall notify its plans to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, together with…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for initiating resolution proceedings

Article L613-49

…upervision, as the case may be; 5° The competent authorities, within the meaning of Articles L. 511-21 and L. 532-16, of the Member States of the European Union in which the person referred to in the…

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