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Showing 42514260 of 23909 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 December 2014

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-20

…t the requirements for an advanced electronic signature set out in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Tax rates

Article 1635 quater N

…certain sectors by a reasoned decision taken under the conditions provided for in II of article 1639 A, if the size of the new constructions built in these sectors makes it necessary to carry out sub…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: National Sports Agency

Article L112-13

…n the first sentence of the first paragraph and the last paragraph of 3° of Article 3 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, combating corruption and modernising economic life, the quali…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-13

…Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, adopted in New York on 20 December 2006, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions provided for in article 689-1 of thi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L754-1

…n the wording resulting fromL. 311-1 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 311-2Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions for adapting to European Union law in the fields of the e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties and suspicious transaction reports

Article L785-8

…e same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 621-15 with the exception of the 9th paragraph of c), the 9th and 10th paragraphs of d) and h) of its II, d) of its III and 3° of its…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 undecies

The parliamentary allowance, defined in Article 1 of Ordinance no. 58-1210 of 13 December 1958 on the organic law relating to the allowances of Members of Parliament and the additional allowances paid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L752-15

…ith the exception of 1° of I and L. 330-2 Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 330-3 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 330-4Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 II.-For the application of I: 1°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L753-15

…ith the exception of 1° of I and L. 330-2 Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 330-3 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 330-4Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 II.-For the application of I: 1°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-7

…des marchés financiers is the competent authority, within the meaning of Article 67(1) of Directive 2014/65/ EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial ins…

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