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Showing 47514760 of 10952 articles for Art. CJEU – Unamar – 17 Oct. 2013 – C-184/12

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

Article 217 quindecies

…enefit of exceptional depreciation is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and activities

Article L511-1

…tions are the undertakings defined in point 1 of paragraph 1 of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.II. - Finance companies are legal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L752-2

…column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 312-1 Law no. 2021-1774 of 24 December 2021 L. 312-1-1 A and L. 312-1-1 B Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 312-1-1 A…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L753-2

…d column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 312-1 Law no. 2021-1774 of 24 December 2021 L. 312-1-1 A and L. 312-1-1 B Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 312-1-1 A…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-6

…of 31 January 2007 L. 2122-7-1 to L. 2122-8 Act no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 L. 2122-9 law no. 2013-403 of 17 May 2013 L. 2122-10 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 L. 2122-11 to L. 2122-13 la…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 ter D

…unds covered by Article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code as it stood prior to Order No. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 amending the legal framework for asset management, professional private equ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-11

…harged into the natural environment, under the conditions set out in articles R. 2224-12 to R. 2224-17 below. An order of the ministers responsible for health and the environment sets the minimum tech…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: REFUSAL OF ENTRY UNDER THE ASILE ACT

Article L352-1

…asylum application falls within the competence of another State pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 or pursuant to commitments identi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article L2411-1

…within its territory. II. - No section de commune may be formed as from the promulgation of loi n° 2013-428 du 27 mai 2013 modernisant le régime des sections de commune.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VI : CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN THE OVERSEAS OF THE PROVISIONS OF BOOK IV RELATING TO MARKETS

Article L761-1

…o Regulations (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council No 648/2012 of 4 July 2012, No 575/2013 of 26 June 2013, No 596/2014 of 16 April 2014, No 600/2014 of 15 May 2014, No 909/2014 of 23 Ju…

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