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Showing 37513760 of 36440 articles for Art. Cass. com. 23 mai 2006 n° 04-19551

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-20

…By way of derogation from Article L. 561-18 and unless the department mentioned in Article L. 561-23 objects, the persons mentioned in 1° to 7° bis and 7° quater of Article L. 561-2, as well as thei…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific inspection regime

Article L613-32-1

…nch of a Class 1a credit institution or investment firm referred to in Articles L. 511-27 or L. 532-23 be considered as material in that State, it shall consult with the competent authority of that St…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 729

…in any other serious integration or reintegration project.Subject to the provisions of Article 132-23 of the Criminal Code, conditional release may be granted when the length of the sentence served b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Farmers

Article 298 bis

I. - For their agricultural operations, farmers are placed under the flat-rate reimbursement scheme provided for in Articles 298 quaterand 298 quinquies. They are exempt from payment of value added ta…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L131-4

…e are applicable notwithstanding the settlement periods stipulated in articles L. 132-21 and L. 132-23-1 or any other contractually stipulated period or valuation method relating to the above transact…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of the payee's payment service provider

Article L722-12

…bligations set out in Chapter I of Title VI of Book V, to the service referred to in Article L. 561-23. The payee's payment service provider shall keep all information on the payer and payee for a per…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-24

…ot belong to his departments or to those of another competent authority mentioned in Article L. 612-23 to carry out his controls, the use of such persons shall be governed by a memorandum of understan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Data processing carried out by the Agence de la biomédecine

Article R2143-15

…on mentioned in Article R. 2143-12 be updated, under the same conditions. III - Pursuant to Article 23(1)(e) and (i) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016, the right to erasure, the right to re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees

Article L22-10-58

…oyees and to at least 90% of all the employees of its subsidiaries within the meaning of Article L. 233-1 and falling under article L. 210-3; 2° The company shall proceed, under the conditions provide…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2631-1

…security contributions with the same purpose that are applicable locally. " ;3° In article R. 2162-23, the reference to the Prefect is replaced by the reference to the representative of the State;3°…

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