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Showing 35313540 of 3965 articles for Art. 17 avr. 1996

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Pledging of securities accounts and securities

Article L211-20

…the realisation of the pledge apply to pledges of financial securities constituted prior to 4 July 1996.VII. - A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the procedures for applying this article to…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 nonies

…aptured biogas tonne 34 35 47 53 58 61 65 D.-Authorised facilities falling under both B and C tonne 17 18 30 40 51 58 65 E.-Other authorised facilities tonne 41 42 54 58 61 63 65b) Waste received at a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Funds open to non-professional investors

Article R742-10

…R. 214-32-11 and R. 214-32-16 to R. 214-32-18n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013R. 214-32-19n° 2020-1148 of 17 September 2020R. 214-32-20 excluding 4° of its In° 2019-1078 of 22 October 2019R. 214-32-21n° 201…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-20

…specific nature of homeopathic medicinal products and a use which is generally linked to tradition;17° The conditions under which the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de san…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11° Tax credit for expenditure on the production of live shows

Article 220 quindecies

…businesses, within the meaning of Article 2 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-8

…ded for in Articles L. 114-1 and L. 234-1 to L. 234-3 of the Internal Security Code and the article 17-1 of Law no. 95-73 of 21 January 1995 on security policy and programming. The decisions of the Pu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Definition of the economic reason.

Article L1233-3

…by mutual agreement within the framework of a collective agreement referred to in articles L. 1237-17 et seq.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book III: Companies.

Article L300-2

…es of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 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,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXXVIII: Tax credit for executive training

Article 244 quater M

…t the definition of a microenterprise given in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L2123-14-1

…n tax status may decide to entrust the latter, under the conditions provided for by article L. 5211-17, with the implementation of the provisions relating to the training of elected representatives pr…

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