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Showing 24412450 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AH

…It is likely to have the effect of undermining the obligation to report under the law implementing European Union legislation or any equivalent agreement concerning the automatic exchange of informat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-39

…612-2, with the exception of those referred to in 4a, 5° and 11° of A and 4° of B, has breached a European, legislative or regulatory provision that the AMF is responsible for ensuring compliance wi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-15

An accused person who, for one of the offences mentioned in article 495-7, a direct summons or a summons to appear in court pursuant to articles 390 or 390-1, a summons by procès-verbal pursuant to ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval

Article L532-9-1

I. - Changes in the ownership structure of a portfolio management company must be notified to the Autorité des marchés financiers.The acquisition or extension of direct or indirect shareholdings in a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-26

The classification, labels and aid awarded in year n are renewed in year n + 1. When general measures taken by the public authorities to prohibit or restrict access to cinematographic establishments a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1679 quinquies

…s than €3,000. The advance payment is due on 31 May. This advance payment is rounded to the nearest euro; the fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is counted as 1. A taxpayer who estimates that his tax ba…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L6412-2

I. - The State representative implements the policies of the State in the local authority. He/she directs the services of the State subject to the exceptions listed exhaustively by a decree in the Con…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 289 B

…he has supplied services for which the customer is liable to pay tax in another Member State of the European Union pursuant to Article 196 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional private equity funds

Article L214-160

…onal private equity funds may grant loans to companies, under the conditions set out in Regulation (EU) No 2015/760 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on European long-term…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Information to be provided by distributors and rules of conduct

Article A522-1

…iv);viii) The synthetic risk indicator referred to in Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2017/653 of 8 March 2017 or, in the absence of this synthetic risk indicator, a risk indicato…

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