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Showing 98119820 of 11310 articles for Art. Loi n° 81-766 – 10 Aug. 1981 – loi Lang

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R6123-8

…tional reference framework provided for in Article L. 6316-3; 3° The recommendations referred to in 10° of Article L. 6123-5 in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 6123-10; 4° Actions impleme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article L214-169

I. - The fund may have sub-funds if the company's articles of association or the fund rules so provide. Each sub-fund gives rise to the issue of units or shares and, where applicable, debt securities.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1a: Personnel management

Article D712-11-1

In the following provisions: - "body" means the national staff representative body provided for in V of Article 40 of Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019, amended by the article 16 of law no. 2022-172 of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 793

…n and has a forestry vocation; the pastoral land belonging to the group is suitable for a normal exploitation regime; b. That the forestry group undertakes, as appropriate, one of the commitments prov…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation and powers

Article L5219-1

…State representative in the department or departments concerned on the date of promulgation of the loi n° 2015-991 du 7 août 2015 portant nouvelle organisation territoriale de la République, and of w…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-6

…" module are specified in Articles 114 to 135 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014; 2° The "life underwriting risk" module reflects the risk arising from life insuranc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIb: Cotisation foncière des entreprises: minimum levy

Article 1647 D

…OUNT OF TURNOVER or revenue (in euros) AMOUNT OF THE BASIS minimum (in euros) Less than or equal to 10,000 Between 237 and 565 More than 10,000 and less than or equal to 32,600 Between 237 and 1,130 G…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and scope of application

Article L612-1

…curity Code, the Mutual Code, Book III of the Consumer Code, Articles 26-4 to 26-8 of Law 65-557 of 10 July 1965 establishing the status of condominiums, approved codes of conduct and any other legisl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book III: Companies.

Article L300-2

…iquelon: 1° The delegated acts provided for in Articles 17, 31, 35, 37, 50, 56, 75, 86, 92, 97, 99, 109a, 111, 114, 127, 130, 135, 143, 172, 210, 211, 216, 217, 227, 234, 241, 244, 245, 247, 248, 256,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-3-1

…cle R. 332-3, the value on the balance sheet of an insurance undertaking referred to in Article L. 310-3-2 of the assets mentioned below admitted to represent regulated commitments may not exceed, unl…

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