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Showing 96919700 of 9794 articles for Art. CJEU – C-64/21 – 13 Oct. 2022

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-2-1

…are manifestly insignificant in relation to the consolidated financial statements taken as a whole; 13. Where the accounts of an entity are audited in accordance with legal and regulatory texts, the a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Legal regime

Article L5217-7

I. - Articles L. 5215-16 to L. 5215-18, L. 5215-21, L. 5215-26 to L. 5215-29, L. 5215-40 and L. 5215-42 are applicable to metropolitan areas. For the application of article L. 5211-17, the majority co…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article Annexe art. A211-11

Notice for victims of road traffic accidents involving a land-based motor vehicle The following information is intended to explain what you need to do and how you will be compensated. It has been deli…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VG

…lic interest groupings, or a local authority or local public establishment designated in article L. 1311-13 of the General Local Authorities Code, to the transferee public authority prior to the requi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 77-2

…to the procedure of appearance on prior recognition of guilt provided for in articles 495-7 to 495-13. The public prosecutor may decide not to make certain documents in the proceedings available to t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: National health data system

Article L1461-1

…brings together and makes available :1° Data from the information systems mentioned in article L. 6113-7 of the present code ;2° Data from the national inter-regime health insurance information system…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41

…mpt that branch from the publication requirements set out in Part Eight of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013. The branch shall inform the Autori…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-19

…12-1 for the standard formula, and in Articles L. 352-1, L. 352-2, R. 352-2 to R. 352-3 and R. 352-13 to R. 352-25 for an internal model. The group's Solvency Capital Requirement on a consolidated ba…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-17

…ith the accounting rules and principles prescribed by the applicable financial reporting framework. 13. Depending on the accounting estimate that he wishes to audit, the statutory auditor chooses to p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article R612-31-2

…324-7 of the French Insurance Code, for transfers of life insurance and capitalisation operations;13° Forecasts relating to eligible basic own funds enabling coverage of the Minimum Capital Requirem…

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