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Showing 25712580 of 19566 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 19 Nov. 2014

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 octies

…hose of small and medium-sized enterprises, within the meaning of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in appl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation of food vigilance

Article R1323-6

…the labelling and any other information available to it under the obligations arising from Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 referred to above. In the event of serious undesirable effects,…

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

Article L561-21

…otwithstanding Article L. 561-18, the persons mentioned in 1° to 7°c and in 12°, 12°a, 13°, 18° and 19° of Article L. 561-2 may, when acting for the same customer and in the same transaction or when t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R251

…3-23, R. 15-33-43 and R. 15-33-59, R. 48-1, the I of article R. 49-8-3, articles R. 49-8-5 to R. 49-19, R. 53-51 to R. 53-56, R. 63, R. 64, R. 93-3 and R. 95, this Code (Decrees in the Council of Stat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L312-4

…For the implementation of the single resolution mechanism established by Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2014, the deposit guarantee and resolu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Information to be provided

Article L522-3

…sts and expenses specified in the key information documents provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014, and in particular those that…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-7-3

In 2014, the amount of the flat-rate allowance for municipalities in mainland France and the overseas departments, with the exception of those in the Department of Mayotte, is reduced by €588 million.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Distribution of the proceeds of road traffic fines

Article L2334-25-1

Net revenue losses resulting from I to V of Article 63 of Law No. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of metropolises are compensated for t…

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

Article L621-17-7

…been the subject of the report or notification referred to in 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 Re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Appointment, challenge and dismissal of statutory auditors.

Article R823-6-1

…° Information establishing that the conditions laid down in Article 17(4) of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014 are met; 3° The reasons justifying the need to extend the mandate beyond the m…

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