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Showing 14511460 of 21310 articles for Art. Cass. com. 25 March 2003

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L574-1

…ing the prohibition on disclosure laid down in Article L. 561-18, Article L. 561-24, Article L. 561-25 III, Article L. 561-25-1 II and the penultimate paragraph of Article L. 561-26.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies D

…ned in Article 1465 A may, upon completion of the buildings, take exceptional depreciation equal to 25% of their cost price, with the residual value being depreciable over the normal period of use. Th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L950-1

…usiness secrecy;Article L. 151-8 is applicable in its wording resulting from Law no. 2022-401 of 21 March 2022 aimed at improving the protection of whistleblowers;Article L. 152-2 is applicable in its…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 5: Electronic catalogues

Article R2162-55

Where, as part of the procedure for awarding a framework agreement concluded with several economic operators, tenders have been submitted in the form of electronic catalogues, the purchaser may provid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Takeover bids

Article L233-40

…ation of the provisions set out in articles L. 233-35 à L. 233-39, it shall inform the Autorité des marchés financiers, which shall make this decision public. The terms and conditions for the applicat…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2681-3

…4-6, the purchaser shall publish a contract notice either in the Bulletin officiel des annonces des marchés publics, or in the Journal officiel des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, or in a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment firms and credit institutions providing one or more investment services

Article R532-3

…Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall forward the application to the Autorité des marchés financiers within five working days of the date of receipt of a complete application.II. - T…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Termination of the contract

Article L2195-3

Where the contract is an administrative contract, the purchaser may terminate it: 1° In the event of sufficiently serious misconduct on the part of the co-contractor; 2° For a reason of general intere…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting cases of intoxication to toxicovigilance organisations

Article R1340-9

The occurrence of any toxic effect in humans following a single or repeated exposure to a mixture or substance, natural or synthetic, available on the market or present in the environment, constitutes…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-27

…s;2° Newly authorised UCITS may derogate from R. 214-21, R. 214-22, R. 214-23, R. 214-24 and R. 214-25 for a period of six months following the date of their authorisation.II. - If the limits provided…

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