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Showing 48514860 of 21445 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 3e 15 janvier 1997 n° 94-22154

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article R1615-2

…e exception of the expenditure provided for in the fourth and last three paragraphs of article L. 1615-2, as well as article L. 211-7 of the Education Code; 5° Buildings on public land, with the excep…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article D621-27

The fixed fee payable under I of Article L. 621-5-3 is set at :1° 750 euros for each filing of a document for the declaration referred to in 1° ;2° 3,200 euros for any examination of the obligation to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
ANNEX 1-4 (ANNEX TO ARTICLE A. 131-1)

Article Annexe 1-4

…ees include at least one person who meets the conditions set out in 1°, 2°, 4° (as from 1 January 2015) and 5° of Article L. 131-13 of the Commercial Code; 5° That it has its registered office, a bran…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-10

…ring the competition area of a sports venue is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €15,000.For the offence referred to in the first paragraph, the public prosecution may be extinguishe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L111-2

…L. 121-14, L. 122-1, L. 122-2, L. 122-6, L. 124-1, L. 124-2, L. 127-6, L. 132-1, L. 132-10, L. 132-15 and L. 132-19.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers

Article L573-1-1

…or providing it with inaccurate information is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: System applicable to investment gold.

Article 298 sexdecies E

…ort of their accounts, documents enabling their customers to be identified for all transactions of €15,000 or more. 2. Where they are subject to the obligations of article 537, taxable persons may mee…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER Ia : The regional plan for economic development, innovation and internationalisation

Article L4251-17

…tropolitan area and the region, with the strategic guidelines document mentioned in article L. 4251-15. Par dérogation au premier alinéa du présent article, les actes de la métropole mentionnés au cha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Investigations

Article 812

…ation defined in the previous paragraph will be punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-1

…rsuant to Article 25(4)(a) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011…

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