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Showing 26112620 of 2841 articles for Art. 22 nov. 1989

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-1

…in the Union.IV. - With the exception of Article L. 133-11, I of Article L. 133-13, Article L. 133-22, Articles L. 133-25 to L. 133-25-2 and Article L. 133-27, the provisions of this chapter apply if…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Job security contract

Article L1233-68

…in section 5 of chapter II of title II of book IV of part five, with the exception of article L. 5422-20-1 and the second paragraph of article L. 5422-22, defines the terms and conditions for impleme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-177

…atutory auditor appointed for this purpose in accordance with the procedures set out in Articles L. 225-228 or L. 22-10-6. If the company's shares are not admitted to trading on a regulated market, th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Publicity and entry into force

Article L2131-2

…s of the town council or decisions taken by delegation of the town council pursuant to article L. 2122-22 with the exception of:a) Deliberations relating to road and parking fee tariffs, the classific…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-23

…try in which a third-country insurance or reinsurance undertaking mentioned in VI of Article R. 356-22 has its head office makes that undertaking subject to an authorisation regime and imposes on it a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L239-1

…ns of a central depository and are not subject to the custody obligation provided for in article L. 225-197-1 of this code or to the unavailability periods provided for in Chapters II and III of Title…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The regional and departmental chambers of commerce and industry of Ile-de-France

Article L711-3

…port and airport infrastructure, entrusted to them prior to the publication of Law No. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 on the growth and transformation of businesses. They have, under conditions set by decre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Special provisions for gifts

Article 790 A bis

…it is subject to corporation tax.The benefit of the exemption is subject to compliance with Article 22 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid com…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Taxes to be levied for the common fund for agricultural accidents at work

Article 1622

…tion to the number of persons insured with each of them on 31 March 2002 pursuant to Article L. 752-22 of the Rural Code as it read prior to 1st April 2002.The total amount of these contributions is e…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article R443-3

…able provisions. ";4° In article R. 421-4, the words: "under the conditions defined in articles R. 5221-1 et seq. of the Labour Code" are replaced by the words: "under the conditions set by the locall…

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