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Showing 53615370 of 5611 articles for Art. Directive 86/653/EEC – 18 Dec. 1986

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific inspection regime

Article L613-32

…t firm benefiting from the freedom of establishment in accordance with Articles L. 511-22 or L. 532-18-1 for information on the measures they have taken in response to the findings and information it…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII bis: Exemption for capital gains realised on the sale of a sole proprietorship or a complete branch of activity

Article 238 quindecies

…fit of the provisions of I is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article L5462-8

…nce with Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746;b) For which the CE marking provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 has been wrongly affixed;c) In the absence of a valid certificate of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-5

Each shareholding local authority or group of local authorities is entitled to at least one representative on the Board of Directors or Supervisory Board, appointed from among its members by the relev…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F: Tax for the management of aquatic environments and flood prevention

Article 1530 bis

…cation is reduced by the share that this tax would have provided if the departmental tax rate for 2018 had been applied.III bis. - 1. When a decree creating a new commune has been issued before 1 Octo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK VII: SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L1711-4

…stitution is notified by the General Council of Mayotte to its co-contractors. ";4° Article L. 1424-18 is amended as follows:a) In the first sentence, the words: "the municipality or the public establ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Income from securities issued outside France and similar income

Article 123 bis

…and a mutual assistance agreement on recovery with a scope similar to that provided for by Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16 March 2010 on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to ta…

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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

…d avoidance, which benefit from the mutual recognition procedure for authorisations provided for in Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordinati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-5

…ot been the subject of an authorisation for the preparation process provided for in Article 6(2) of Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the establish…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-17

…s put in place to ensure that the process followed in making accounting estimates complies with its directives; - about its intentions and its ability to carry out its action plans with regard to the…

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