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Showing 48614870 of 21776 articles for Art. Cass. com. 29 janvier 2020 n° 18-17131

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Market transparency

Article L762-10

…w no. 2005-842 of 26 July 2005 L. 451-1-4 law no. 2014-1662 of 30 December 2014 L. 451-1-6 Act no . 2020-1508 of 3 December 2020 L. 451-2-1 Order no. 2015-1576 of 3 December 2015 L. 451-3 Order no. 20…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 814-1)

Article Annexe II

…hich they are subject in terms of special accounts and that complies with the provisions of the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978, relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés. This software m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to the measurement of the audience of professional employers' organisations at professional branch level and at national and cross-industry level

Article R2152-1

…subject to the last paragraph of Article L. 2152-1. For the liberal professions defined in Article 29 of Law 2012-387 of 22 March 2012 on vocational training, employment and social democracy, in the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Environment.

Article L4424-35

…in governed by the statutes applicable to them on 2 April 1992, the date of entry into force of loi n° 91-428 du 13 mai 1991 portant statut de la collectivité territoriale de Corse. The conditions for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594-0 G

…d for in articles L. 212-2 and L. 212-3 of the town planning code in their wording prior to the loi n° 85-729 du 18 juillet 1985 by the local authorities and bodies benefiting from the right of pre-em…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-2

…to L. 511-101 in the case of a class 1 bis investment firm, articles L. 533-25 to L. 533-28, L. 533-29-1, L. 533-29-2, L. 533-29-4, L. 533-31 and L. 533-31-4 in the case of a Class 2 investment firm a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Professional premises

Article 1498

I. - The rental value of each built property or fraction of a built property, other than premises mentioned in I of article 1496, industrial establishments mentioned in article 1499 and premises whose…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R445-2

…the following provisions shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn thei…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Legal costs

Article R310

…h Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in 10° of I, the words: "pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/1783 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2020 on cooperation between t…

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

Article R385-19

…ion funds, is applicable to supplementary occupational pension funds, with the exception of Article 295(5), Article 296(2)(d) to (g) and Article 297(1)(f), (2)(c) and (d) and (3) and (4).For the purpo…

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