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Showing 73917400 of 10142 articles for Art. CJEU – Ingmar – C-381/98 – 9 Nov. 2000

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Suspicious transaction reports

Article L621-17-6

…ff and officers, from disclosing information gathered pursuant to Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-36

The protocol referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 6111-29 defines, in particular, in compliance with the regulations to which the prison is subject:1° The conditions under which the staff…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 septies

…mars 1884 relative aux syndicats professionnels ou d'association relevant de la loi du 1er juillet 1901 relative au contrat d'association, au profit d'un organisme de défense et de gestion mentionné à…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXXI : Family tax credit

Article 244 quater F

…credit corresponding to the shares of members of partnerships mentioned in articles 8,238 bis L, 239 ter and 239 quater A, and to the rights of members of groups mentioned in articles 238 ter, 239 qu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Territoriality

Article 258

…lue added tax is declared under the special declaration and payment scheme provided for in Article 298 sexdecies H, or in another Member State under the special scheme provided for in Section 4 of Cha…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Technical provisions for other insurance operations

Article R343-7

The technical provisions corresponding to other insurance operations are as follows: 1° Mathematical provision for annuities: present value of the company's commitments in respect of annuities and ann…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-5

…es mentioned in I is calibrated on the basis of a value-at-risk measure, with a confidence level of 99.5% over a one-year horizon. Where appropriate, diversification effects are taken into account in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-28

…ited from making a distribution relating to one of the items mentioned in i and ii of a of Article 69 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014, classified in Level 1 as pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-1

I.-Members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry are elected for five years.No person may hold the office of president of a public establishment in the network of chambers of c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction specific to certain commercial courts

Article L721-8

Specifically designated commercial courts hear, where the debtor is engaged in a commercial or craft activity:1° Safeguard, receivership and compulsory liquidation proceedings referred to in Book VI,…

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