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Showing 15411550 of 30018 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. – 6 July 2016 – no. 15-21.811

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Approval and authorisation

Article R532-15-2

The AMF shall draw up a list of the information that it deems necessary to carry out the assessment provided for in Article R. 532-15-1 and that must be communicated to it as part of the notification…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Procedure.

Article R463-15-1

For the application of Article L. 463-4 as part of the review of proposed mergers provided for in Title III, persons providing information to the Competition Authority shall at the same time specify t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1599 quater C

…023, in application of the table below:1st CIRCONSCRIPTION 2nd REGION 3rd CIRCONSCRIPTION 4.77 € 2.76 € 1.40 €By way of derogation, for parking areas that are commercially operated, the rates are redu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L612-15-1

I. - The Director in charge of the departments mentioned in Article L. 612-8-1 is appointed by order of the Minister for the Economy, on the recommendation of the Chairman of the College of Resolution…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 A bis

…ubject of a transfer of real rights under the conditions provided for in articles 7, 8 and 9 of law no. 2008-660 of 4 July 2008 on port reform to an operator running a terminal are subject to a reduct…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article D4311-15-1

When the nurse renews a prescription for oral contraceptive medicinal products under the conditions provided for in the fourth paragraph of article L. 4311-1 of the Public Health Code, he or she enter…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 A quater

…heir own tax status may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of Article 1639 A bis, institute a 50% allowance applied to the rental value of buildings that are subject to in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-15-1

I. - The persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall send the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 the information relating to certain transactions presenting a high risk of money laundering…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions (R)

Article D1612-15-1

…tronic transmission to the State representative takes place within the deadlines set by article L. 1612-8 of this code.Budget documents are transmitted electronically in the format of the computerised…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 I ter

…r by articles 238 bis HA and 238 bis HD as drafted by Article 22 of the Amending Finance Act for 1986 (no. 86-824 of 11 July 1986). The benefit of the exemption is subject to the conditions that the p…

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