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Showing 58715880 of 21784 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 14 Nov. 2024 – no. 23-16.948

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

Article L561-20

…y and fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals in accordance with Articles 122 and 123 of Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978. II. - By way of derogation from Article L. 561-18 and unless the depart…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3b: Equalised compensation scheme

Article L3334-16-3

…l no longer benefit from this scheme. The départements participating, pursuant to article 43 of law no. 2021-1900 of 30 December 2021 on finance for 2022, in the experiment relating to the recentralis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific inspection regime

Article L613-32

I.-The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall exchange with the competent authorities within the meaning of Articles L. 511-21 and L. 532-16, information relating to credit institution…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 157

…9 of the same code with the exception of interest paid under the conditions provided for in article 14 of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation to the capital securities of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific inspection regime

Article L613-32-1

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may ask the authority responsible for the supervision of a group on a consolidated basis or the competent authorities within the meaning of Ar…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R324-1-6

…R. * 421-14 of the town planning code, or a change of use subject to prior decl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-4

…06-47 of this Code; 2° The crimes referred to in Articles 221-1 to 221-5,222-7,222-8,222-10 and 222-14 of the Penal Code and, when committed on a minor under fifteen years of age, the offences provide…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Market surveillance

Article L4314-1

…igations, shall implement the appropriate and proportionate powers and measures defined in Articles 14 and 16 of the same Regulation and may empower agents for this purpose, without prejudice to the d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-1-1

…paragraph of Article L. 335-4 and Articles L. 133-1 and L. 133-4, in the wording resulting from Law no. 2021-1382 of 25 October 2021 on the regulation and protection of access to cultural works in the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L131-4

I.-When one or more of the units of account referred to in Article L. 131-1 are made up of units or shares in a collective investment undertaking whose redemption or issue of units or shares has been…

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