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Showing 44414450 of 22478 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 June 2016 – no. 14-26.938

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-4-1

…Article 4(1)(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.A mixed parent undertaking of a finance company is a parent undertaking other than a credi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Damaged property

Article 1056

…aw;b) By associations syndicales and cooperatives for reconstruction acting under article 16 of law no. 50-531 of 2 June 1950 and by associations syndicales de remembrement, from some of their members…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to establishments organising underwater diving using air, oxygen or mixtures other than air

Article A322-77

The diver shall provide proof to the diving master of the skills mentioned in Annexes III-14 a, III-17 a or III-18 a, in particular by presenting a certificate or diploma and, where appropriate, a log…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Article L133-11

…article L. 2334-7 of the General Local Authorities Code, in its version prior to article 150 of law no. 2015-1785 of 29 December 2015 on finance for 2016, from the additional allocation or the special…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1640 E

…il tax, property tax on built-up properties and property tax on non-built-up properties relating to 2016 is equal to the sum:a) On the one hand, the communal rate for 2015;b) And, on the other hand, t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Regulated savings products

Article D742-18

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 223-1n° 2016-1453 of 28 October 2016D. 223-1-1No. 2019-1097 of 28 October 2019II. - For the application of I…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Regulated savings products

Article D743-18

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 223-1n° 2016-1453 of 28 October 2016D. 223-1-1No. 2019-1097 of 28 October 2019II. - For the application of I…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title III: Information on public services

Article L731-4

…this chapter are investigated and recorded by the agents mentioned in articles L. 511-3 and L. 511-21 of the Consumer Code, under the conditions set out in article L. 511-6 of the same code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L238-2

…enjoin the liquidator, subject to a fine, to fulfil the obligations set out in the articles L. 237-21, L. 237-23 et L. 237-25.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions

Article 1753 bis B

…rticle L. 287 of the Book of Tax Procedures is punishable by the penalties mentioned in article 226-21 of the Penal Code.

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