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Showing 13811390 of 22478 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 June 2016 – no. 14-26.938

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control

Article L214-24-21

…ent entered into for that purpose, acquire control of a company or issuer referred to in Article L. 214-24-23;2° AIFs or their management companies cooperating with one or more other AIFs or their man…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-14

Subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 612-15 and if it has received a filing date, the patent application shall give rise to the drawing up of a search report on the elements…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-21-3

…Article 4(1)(40) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 has referred the matter to the European Banking Authority in accordance with Article 19 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of hospitals and universities.

Article L6142-14

…d below: "The financial costs resulting from the application of articles L. 632-1, L. 713-5, L. 952-21 to L. 952-23 are borne in their entirety by the budget of the Ministry of National Education for…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-14

…ve and production staff actually employed;3° A copy of the declaration provided for in article L. 1221-10 of the French Labour Code and a copy of the document acknowledging receipt by the recipient or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1464 I

…dium-sized enterprise within the meaning of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1466 A

…pital companies, venture capital mutual funds, specialised professional funds covered by article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code as it read prior to Ordinance No. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative fine for late payment

Article L3133-14

The public undertakings defined in II of Article 1 of Order no. 2004-503 of 7 June 2004 transposing Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and the contra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-146

…collection of:1° With regard to the endorsement of enforceable copies to order mentioned in the Law no. 76-519 of 15 June 1976 relating to certain forms of transmission of claims, without negotiation,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1463 B

…exemption is subject to compliance with Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of…

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