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Showing 39413950 of 22073 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 31 Mar. 2015 – no. 14-10.346

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-4-1

…report provided for in Article 6 and the risk factors mentioned in Annexes II and III of Directive 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Special financing arrangements

Article L4332-3

…when a region is formed by grouping together several regions, in accordance with Article 1 of Law No. 2015-29 of 16 January 2015 on the delimitation of regions, regional and departmental elections a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title III: Rules relating to life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A134-1

For the application of Article R. 134-2, notwithstanding Article 142-3 of Regulation No. 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 of the Autorité des normes comptables relating to the accounting framework for insu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 bis J

…eciable fixed assets appearing in the balance sheet for the first financial year ending on or after 31 December 1976.The revalued values of these fixed assets must not exceed the amounts obtained by a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mobilisation of loans by the assignee or the pledgee.

Article R313-25-1

The issue by finance companies of the securities referred to in Articles L. 313-30 and L. 313-31 or the promissory notes referred to in Article L. 313-42 meets one or other of the following two condit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Transfer of ownership of movable property for valuable consideration

Article 732 bis

Acquisitions of corporate rights made by a company created with a view to acquiring another company under the conditions provided for in Article

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Caisses de crédit agricole mutuel.

Article R512-8

…ressly state the rules mentioned in the third paragraph of article L. 512-23 and in articles L. 512-31, L. 512-41 and R. 512-9.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R4152-2

Independently of the provisions relating to breastfeeding set out in articles L. 1225-31 and R. 4152-13 et seq, pregnant or breastfeeding women must be able to rest in a lying position, under appropri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article R6145-38

…ot yet authorised at the close of the financial year and for which the service has been rendered at 31 December, and shall charge it to the outturn for that financial year.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-38

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 5 and 15 to 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 Octobe…

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