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Showing 56015610 of 22033 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 Oct. 2015 – no. 14-20.924

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-19

…reference to Article R. 385-18.II. - Chapter XII of Title I of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014 supplementing Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article D547-2

…d third parties acting on its behalf with a view to providing payment services under Directive (EU) 2015/2366 or investment services under Directive 2014/65/EU of the withdrawal of authorisation; b) T…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 C

…an attachment in the event of a published summons; 5° For the mention provided for in l'article R. 321-10 of the code of civil enforcement procedures; 6° For the striking off of the attachment; 7° For…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Content and electronic form of the register

Article R521-2

The register governed by this chapter ensures the publication:1° Pledges without dispossession with the exception of the pledges mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 2338 of the Civil Code;2°…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XL : Tax credit for arts and crafts

Article 244 quater O

…ry;3° Companies bearing the "Living Heritage Company" label within the meaning of Article 23 of Law no. 2005-882 of 2 August 2005 in favour of small and medium-sized enterprises.IV. - Regardless of th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-12

…e related undertaking concerned: a) Surplus funds covered by the second paragraph of Article R. 351-21, of a related life insurance or reinsurance undertaking of the undertaking mentioned in the first…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-29

…nificant risk concentrations is specified in Article 376 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-34-1

…ithin the meaning of Article L. 511-20, Articles III and IV of Article L. 613-20-4, Articles L. 613-21-3 or L. 613-21-4, as applicable, shall apply.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medically assisted procreation with third-party donors

Article 342-12

…the record, at the latest within three years of the child's birth. Where this article, article 311-21, the second paragraph of article 311-23 or article 357 have already been applied in respect of a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Seizures without dispossession

Article 706-158

…nced expense of the Treasury, of property for which confiscation is provided for by the article 131-21 of the Penal Code without divesting the owner or holder thereof. The investigating judge may, dur…

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