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Showing 27712780 of 19528 articles for Art. Cass. soc. 26 January 2011

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18

…rovide investment services may, without prejudice to the provisions of Articles L. 511-21 to L. 511-26, provide investment and related services under the freedom to provide services in mainland France…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mutual insurance companies with a supervisory board and management board

Article R322-54

…t exceed eighteen. Members elected by employees in accordance with the provisions of article L. 322-26-2, whose number must be specified in the articles of association, are not taken into account when…

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

Article R511-18

…ph 1 of Article 450 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 published by credit institutions, financial holding companies, mixed financial holding…

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

Article R5212-27-1

For the medical devices mentioned in Article R. 5212-26 and used during exposure to ionising radiation :1° Manufacturers shall provide operators with the internal quality control procedures for their…

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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 General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 bis B bis

…s of this article apply to the determination of income for financial years commencing on or after 1 January 1992.Securities acquired during a previous financial year are deemed, for the calculation of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 UB

…ecurities received in the cases provided for in II of article 92 B in the version in force before 1 January 2000, in the third and fifth paragraphs of article 150 A bis in force before the date of pro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General information

Article 1586

…cle 1635 quater A. However: 1° For the application of this II to planning permissions issued from 1 January 2017, the Lyon metropolitan authority is substituted for the Rhône département within the sc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Market surveillance

Article L4314-1

…duct conformity, and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011, market surveillance is carried out by the administrative authorities designated by decree in t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 111

…oans or deposits.Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, when these sums are repaid after 1 January 1960, to the legal entity that had paid them, the fraction of tax to which their allocation…

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