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Showing 22412250 of 18815 articles for Art. Cass. soc. – 26 Oct. 2010 – no. 09-65565

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article L613-20-1

…rticle 18(3) or (6) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms, the Autorité d…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions relating to the works

Article 511-4

…rt-length cinematographic works, have obtained a licence authorising their showing before 1 January 2010;3° Have been shown in cinematographic theatres, are also eligible for aid for the digitisation…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quaterdecies

1 The net amount of short-term capital gains may be divided equally between the year in which they are realised and the following two years.It refers to the excess of these capital gains over capital…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640

I. - The new municipality or, by concerted deliberations of principle taken before 1st October of the year preceding that of its creation, the municipalities and, where applicable, the public establis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-15

…rt Four or Part Six of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, with the exception of the requirements set out in its Articles 92a and 92b ;3° The cre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0I: Exceptional tax on high incomes.

Article 223 sexies

…ting the average referred to in this II, the reference tax income determined in respect of 2009 and 2010 refers to that defined in 1° of IV of article 1417. It refers to that defined in 1 of I of this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-28

I.-For the medical devices mentioned in article R. 5212-26, the operator is required :1° Keep a regularly updated inventory of the devices it operates, mentioning for each of them the common and comme…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-16-5 (art. A212-192-5)

…fety test is carried out in accordance with the provisions of a of II of appendix V of thedecree of 26 April 2013, relating to the specific training for the national Nordic cross-country ski instructo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 73

I. - 1. Farmers subject to an actual taxation system may make a deduction for precautionary savings, the amount of which is capped, per twelve-month financial year: a) 100% of taxable profits, if less…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D775-21

…clesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 533-2-1n° 2007-904 of 15 May 2007D. 533-3 to D. 533-5No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 533-11 with the exception of its 5th and 6th paragraphsn° 2021-9…

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