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Showing 41814190 of 13303 articles for Art. n° 23/00062 · ANSA comité juridique n° 23-009 · CCRCS avis 2016-015

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Identification and verification of customer identity

Article R561-5-1

…and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market, or b) A means of electronic identification issued under a scheme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Rescue and fire-fighting.

Article R2521-3

For the application to communes in the departments of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne of chapter V "External fire defence" of title II of book II of part two: 1° The words: "préfet…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 11: Instruments reserved for small-value payments

Article L133-28

…der after having transmitted it or after having given his consent to the execution of the payment transaction to the payee; 2° Execution times other than those mentioned in Article L. 133-13 may apply…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 Z quinquies

The tax credit defined in Article 244 quater X is deducted from the corporation tax due by the company in respect of the financial year during which the event provided for in IV of the same article oc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-24-1

I. - The allowances voted by the municipal councils of municipalities with at least 100,000 inhabitants for the actual performance of the duties of municipal councillor are at most equal to 6% of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article L511-8-1

…s registered office were located in France, would be required to obtain in order to carry out the transactions that it is authorised to carry out pursuant to Article L. 511-22 or Article L. 511-23. Th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter XI: Sharing capital gains on the sale of shares with company employees

Article L23-11-3

The sharing contract referred to in Article L. 23-11-2 shall benefit all employees present in the company or companies mentioned in article L. 23-11-1 for all or part of the period between the date it…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to companies established in France

Article R123-5

…n (EU) No 910/2014 of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market. The qualified electronic signature certificate meets the requirem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables.

Article R313-17

Where the debt is assigned or pledged under a public contract, notification must be made to the assigning accountant designated in the contractual documents. It must include the following compulsory i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1331-16

Failure to comply with the health and hygiene rules laid down in this section constitutes offences which are investigated and recorded in accordance with article L. 1312-1 and punished in accordance w…

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