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Showing 28612870 of 20081 articles for Art. Cass. com. 18 avril 2000 n° 97-21569

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-15

…de résolution" account held in the books of the Banque de France in accordance with Article L. 612-18 during the previous financial year, together with the opinion of the Audit Committee, are submitt…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L526-30

I. - Electronic money institutions are required to comply with articles L. 522-14 to L. 522-18 when they provide payment services within the meaning of 1° of article L. 526-2. II. - Electronic money i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 13-8

…lide Progeny Ra-224 Rn-220, Po-216, Pb-212, Bi-212, Tl-208 (0.36), Po-212 (0.64) Ra-226 Rn-222, Po-218, Pb-214, Bi-214, Po-214, Pb-210, Bi-210, Po-210 Ra-228 Ac-228 Th-228 Ra-224, Rn-220, Po-216, Pb-2…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-1 (art. A312-1)

…fer of a sports facility. Indicate the identity of the concession holder : Last name : First name : N° : Street name : Post code : Town: : m Deletion of a sports facility m Change of use of a sports f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Taxes to be levied for the common fund for agricultural accidents at work

Article 1622

The insurers contribute to the financing of the expenses mentioned in article L. 753-1 du code rural et de la pêche maritime. This contribution is calculated in proportion to the number of people insu…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: STAYS OF LESS THAN THREE MONTHS

Article L232-1

So long as they do not become an unreasonable burden on the social assistance system referred to in Directive 2004/38 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of cit…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Publication of the acts of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée and its Chairman

Article A112-35

The following are published in the Bulletin officiel du cinéma et de l'image animée: 1° The list provided for in Article 133 of the Public Procurement Code ; 2° The list of cinematographic works that…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter X: Sanitary cutting fees

Article 302 bis T

The fee is set per tonne of bone-in meat to be deboned, subject to a ceiling of 150% of the average flat-rate level defined in euros by decision of the Council of the European Union.This fee may be ad…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 H

The departmental council may, by deliberation, exempt from land registration tax or registration fees, acquisitions by HLM organisations or semi-public companies of residential properties built or acq…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Suspicious transaction reports

Article L621-17-5

It is punishable by the penalties laid down in Article 226-13 of the Criminal Code for the directors or officers of the persons mentioned in Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European P…

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