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Showing 58615870 of 6003 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 13 Jan. 2011 – no. 2010-85 QPC

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules governing the composition of assets

Article R214-12

…or an entity dedicated to financing a group within the meaning of Council Directive 83/349/EEC of 13 June 1983 on consolidated accounts, comprising at least one company whose securities are admitted…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article R612-31-2

…324-7 of the French Insurance Code, for transfers of life insurance and capitalisation operations;13° Forecasts relating to eligible basic own funds enabling coverage of the Minimum Capital Requirem…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-2

…sponds to the risk that the statutory auditor will not be able to detect a material misstatement. . 13. The statutory auditor reduces the audit risk to a sufficiently low level to obtain the assurance…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determining taxable income

Article 83

…c) Contributions to the compulsory additional public pension scheme instituted by article 76 of law no. 2003-775 of 21 August 2003 reforming pensions ;1° 0 bis Contributions paid in accordance with th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6b: SME Innovation Account

Article L221-32-5

…espectively, in articles L. 214-28, L. 214-160 and L. 214-162-1 of this Code and article 1-1 of law no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 containing various economic and financial provisions, or similar bodies o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-3-1 (art. A212-76)

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCESAlthough sport in France today meets a variety of social expectations (health, leisure, socialising, education, etc.), sport practised in a competitive context remains a fundame…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article Annexe art. A211-11

…ed. It has been deliberately limited to the essentials. To find out more, you should consult :- Law no. 85-677 of 5 July 1985 , published in the Journal officiel of 6 July 1985;- decree no. 86-15 of 6…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2k: Companies located in priority development zones

Article 44 septdecies

…eneral Local Authorities Code in the version in force on the date of publication of the loi n° 2018-1317 du 28 décembre 2018 de finances pour 2019.The classification of communes as priority developmen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: Equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article L221-32-2

…ty companies or companies with equivalent status and equity securities in companies governed by law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperatives;c) Bonds convertible or redeemable in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
j: Contributions or premiums paid to people's pension savings plans or under certain compulsory or optional supplementary pension schemes or in respect of supplementary guarantees under pension savings plans.

Article 163 quatervicies

…governed by the Insurance Code, or set up by the bodies mentioned in VII of article 5 of Ordinance no. 2001-350 of 19 April 2001 relating to the Mutual Code and transposing Council Directives 92/49/E…

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