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Showing 39213930 of 9503 articles for Art. CJEU – C-593/21 – 13 Oct. 2022

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-26

…equipment, with the exception of that exclusively dedicated to the activities mentioned in 6°, 11°, 13° and 21° of article R. 6122-25 and that mentioned in 2° of article R. 6123-93-3 :a) Nuclear magne…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custody account and registration in a shared electronic recording system

Article L211-7

…d to trading on a "DLT market infrastructure" within the meaning of Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) 2022/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on a pilot scheme for market i…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L463-1

…ble: ARTICLES APPLICABLE IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 425-1 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2022-456 of 30 March 2022 on the creation of a declaration system in the field of aviation safety an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pharmacy professions

Article R4422-2

Chapter IV of Title I of Book II of this Part Four, in the version resulting from Decree No. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022, is applicable to Wallis and Futuna, subject to the following adaptations: 1° The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Accelerated safeguard

Article R628-9

…edgement of receipt, or, where applicable, via the portal mentioned in Articles L. 814-2 and L. 814-13, to each creditor concerned the information relating to the claims held by it as they result from…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Income from bonds

Article 119

Income is determined: 1° For bonds, participating securities, public bills and loans, by the interest or income distributed during the year; 2° For lots, by the amount of the lot itself; 3° For redemp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 209 quater D

Profits placed under the exemption regime subject to reinvestment provided for in article 238 octies are attached to the results of the current financial year when they are distributed. They are retai…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions relating to aid for the creation and distribution of short cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 918-6

For the allocation of production programme aid in 2021 and 2022, the 20-point reduction provided for in II of article 411-44 does not apply.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-5

…akings of finance companies are subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 511-13, Article L. 511-21 and Articles L. 511-33 to L. 511-38. Financial holding companies and parent co…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2a: International assistance with recovery

Article 349 sexies

…ation receiving this information is subject to professional secrecy under the terms of articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the Criminal Code.

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