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Showing 28412850 of 33923 articles for Art. Décret 2015-981 du 31-7-2015

French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Scope of free transfer duties

Article 757 B

…ectly or indirectly by an insurer, as a result of the death of the policyholder, give rise to death duties according to the degree of kinship existing between the beneficiary free of charge and the po…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Management operations.

Article A431-7

On 31 December each year, the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance shall draw up an inventory of the Fonds National de Garantie des Calamités Agricoles and a balance sheet and profit and loss account in the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIc: Enforcement of sentences and probation decisions in application of the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 27 November 2008

Article 764-6

…ecision and the date on which this decision became final; 9° Information relating to the nature and duration of the sentence or probation measures whose recognition and monitoring are requested; 10° W…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIc: Enforcement of sentences and probation decisions in application of the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 27 November 2008

Article 764-3

Alternative sanctions and probation measures the monitoring of which may be transferred to the executing State are those which impose one or more of the following obligations or injunctions: 1° An obl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Notice.

Article R5141-78

Packages or containers of medicated feedingstuffs, including those prepared extemporaneously under the conditions provided for in articles L. 5143-2 and L. 5143-3, bear the words "medicated feedingstu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-7

…over bids for financial securities admitted to trading on a regulated market.III. - The rules of conduct, organisational rules, rules relating to algorithmic trading and other professional obligations…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 10: Revolving credit

Article L312-71

…> The total effective interest rate 5° Where applicable, the cost of insurance; 6° The total sums due; 7° The amount of repayments already made since the last renewal, showing the proportion paid in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L229-7

…t Board, a member of the Supervisory Board may be appointed by the Supervisory Board to perform the duties of a member of the Management Board for a maximum period set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 73 B

…al taxation system who benefit from start-up aid for young farmers provided for in article D. 343-3 du code rural et de la pêche maritime , is determined, for the first sixty months of activity, from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L742-7

…if it had taken all the precautions that characterise a diligent depositary according to standard industry practice; " c) The depositary could not have prevented the loss despite the rigorous and comp…

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