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Showing 18111820 of 18954 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 31 Oct. 2000

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-4

…t and compliance is directly supervised by the remuneration committee referred to in article L. 533-31-4 or, if no such committee has been set up, by the board of directors, the supervisory board or a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Implementation.

Article L2331-5

Banking networks with a central body, within the meaning of Articles L. 511-30 and L. 511-31 of the Monetary and Financial Code relating to the activity and control of credit institutions, constitute…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Social protection

Article L4135-20-2

…are affiliated to the general social security scheme under the conditions defined in article L. 382-31 of the social security code. The contributions of the regions and those of the elected member are…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-78

For the companies mentioned in 3° of I of article L. 214-31, the condition of exclusive ownership is met when securities giving access to the capital of companies whose purpose is not to hold financia…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7a: Forestry and insurance investment account

Article D221-126

…ccounts remain subject to this section as it stood prior to the entry into force of Decree no. 2015-31 of 15 January 2015 on the forestry investment and insurance account, unless they are converted in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Financial provisions

Article R2543-1

The provisions of articles R. 1612-27 to R. 1612-31 shall not apply to communes in the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin. The provisions of article R. 1612-10, and articles R. 1612-19 to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-1

…and Val-de-Marne;3° The communes of the other départements of the Ile-de-France region belonging on 31 December 2014 to a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation comprising at least one co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Community of communes

Article L5214-16

…tion areas for Travellers and family rental sites defined in 1° to 3° of II of article 1 of law no. 2000-614 of 5 July 2000 relating to the reception and housing of Travellers ; 5° Collection and trea…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 unvicies

…4 B benefit from a tax reduction in respect of cash subscriptions, made between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2023, to the initial capital or capital increases of companies defined in Article 238 bi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies DA

…ter for the Environment and that is intended to reduce the noise level of installations existing on 31 December 1990, may be the subject of exceptional depreciation over twelve months from the date on…

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