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Showing 39613970 of 4213 articles for Art. confirmed CE 21 Dec 2012 n° 353856

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application for marketing authorisation or registration

Article D5141-55

…r in 1° of 1 of I of Article L. 5141-8 for marketing authorisation applications under a national procedure, a mutual recognition procedure or a decentralised procedure for which France acts as the ref…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-1

…aranteed bonds; 3° Any commitment resulting from the holding by a person subject to a resolution procedure of client assets or liquidities, including client assets or liquidities deposited by a UCITS…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56-1

Search of a lawyer's chambers or home may only be carried out by a magistrate and in the presence of the President of the Bar or his delegate, following a written, reasoned decision taken by the liber…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-31

…rivilege or immunity is likely to be lifted by a French authority, recognition and execution of the decision shall be refused only after the magistrate seised has addressed a request for the lifting o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L711-8

The regional chambers of commerce and industry oversee and support the activities of the Ile-de-France territorial and departmental chambers attached to them. They define a regional strategy for the n…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 792-0 bis

…es of this Code, "trust" means all legal relationships created in the law of a State other than France by a person who has the status of settlor, by inter vivos deed or mortis causa, with a view to pl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 quinquies

I. - Unless otherwise decided by the municipality or the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax system in accordance with the conditions set out in I of article 1639 A b…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Solvency requirements

Article A385-2

The projection according to the scenario mentioned in a of I of article R. 385-4 is carried out over the ten financial years following the end of the previous financial year and according to the follo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable companies and local authorities.

Article 206

…ve not opted for the partnership tax regime under the conditions provided for in IV of Article 3 of Decree no. 55-594 of 20 May 1955 as amended, are liable for corporation tax, regardless of their pur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-3

I. - The operator of a trading venue shall put in place effective systems, procedures and mechanisms to ensure that its trading systems are resilient, have sufficient capacity to handle high volumes o…

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