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Showing 16811690 of 2190 articles for Art. 119 bis

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-20

…and unless the department mentioned in Article L. 561-23 objects, the persons mentioned in 1° to 7° bis and 7° quater of Article L. 561-2, as well as their subsidiaries and branches, shall inform each…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 F

…th their own tax status may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions defined in article 1639 A bis, partially or totally exempt from business property tax establishments carrying on a commercial…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Obligations of third parties

Article 1684

…referred to in the second paragraph begins to run on the day the declaration referred to in 3 and 3 bis of article 201 is filed. This period is reduced to thirty days when the following conditions are…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Cemeteries and funeral operations

Article L2573-25

…40 law no. 2010-788 of 12 July 2010 L. 2223-42 (last paragraph) law no. 2011-267 of 14 March 2011I bis. - (Deleted).II. - For its application, Article L. 2223-1 reads as follows:"Art. L. 2223-1. - Ea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article D950-1-1

…amended by Title II Chapter III: General obligations of traders Article D. 123-80-1 Decree no. 2020-119 of 12 February 2020Article D. 123-200Decree no. 2020-101 of 7 February 20202° The provisions of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions.

Article L123-11-3

…iation; - drug trafficking; - procuring or one of the offences provided for in the sections 2 and 2 bis of Chapter V of Title II of Book II of the Penal Code; - one of the offences set out in section…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Public contracts

Article L1414-3

I. - Where the majority of the members of a consortium are local authorities or local public establishments other than a public social or medico-social establishment or a public housing office, a tend…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Applicable charges

Article L133-26

I. - The payment service provider may not charge the payment service user for fulfilling its information obligations or for carrying out corrective and preventive measures pursuant to this chapter, ex…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L312-4

I. - Credit institutions, investment firms and finance companies mentioned in II of article L. 511-1, authorised in France, as well as financial holding companies and mixed financial holding companies…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Decision of the departmental cinematographic development commission

Article L212-9

…2-23. When the project submitted concerns the extension of an establishment defined in 2°, 3° or 3° bis of article…

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