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Showing 20112020 of 2980 articles for Art. 26 February 2015

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-3

…uirements laid down by Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 and by Chapter 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Cou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation and powers

Article L5219-1

…representative in the department or departments concerned on the date of promulgation of the loi n° 2015-991 du 7 août 2015 portant nouvelle organisation territoriale de la République, and of which at…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6: Payroll tax

Article 1679 A

…lt obtained is rounded, if necessary, to the nearest euro.A mutual insurer which, between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2018, establishes that it has exceeded the staffing threshold referred to in th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-1

…ir own tax status.II. - 1. The resources of this national equalisation fund in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 are set at 150, 360, 570 and 780 million euros respectively. In 2016 and 2017, the fund's resou…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-51

…ied in Articles 290 to 297, 300, 301, 303 and 304 to 314 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-168

…exercise concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of Order no. 45-174 of 2 February 1945 relating to delinquent children. When they are competent to prosecute and investigate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Use of residential premises

Article R1331-37

…the arrival at the home of a spouse or dependent child within the meaning ofOrder no. 2002-149 of 7 February 2002 relating to the extension and generalisation of family benefits and social protection…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: List of essential information to be provided by the State representative (R).

Article D1612-7

…employees, as set out in the Finance Act;- the table of social charges borne by the regions as at 1 February.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article D571-4

…ssistance measures provided for by the Code of Civil Procedure and by the aforementioned Order of 2 February 1945.3° The living and reception facilities mentioned in articles D. 316-1 et seq. of the C…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article R940-1

…014 of 19 July 2022;2° Title II of Book VII in the version resulting from decree no. 2021-144 of 11 February 2021, with the exception of articles R. 721-7 to R. 722-6, R. 722-8, R. 722-9, R. 722-11 to…

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