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Showing 591600 of 62763 articles for Art. Arrêté DEVL1507007A of 23-3-2015

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: French investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-23

I.-Any investment services provider other than a portfolio management company whose registered office is located in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte and Sain…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 237 quater

Donations received by a company that has suffered loss as a result of a natural disaster recorded by an order issued pursuant to article L. 125-1 of the Insurance Code or an event with harmful consequ…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-8

…notwithstanding the injunction made to him by the Government. The person concerned will, by decree of the Council of State, be declared to have lost French nationality if, within the period set by th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-6

The loss of French nationality may be established by judgement when the person concerned, French by descent, does not have possession of French nationality and has never had his or her habitual reside…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-5

In the event of marriage to a foreign national, the French spouse may renounce French nationality in accordance with the provisions of articles 26 et seq on condition that he has acquired the foreign…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-7

A French national who behaves in fact like the national of a foreign country may, if he or she has the nationality of that country, be declared, by decree after the assent of the Conseil d'Etat, to ha…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-4

…a foreign nationality, is authorized, at his request, by the French Government, to lose the status of French citizen.This authorization is granted by decree.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-1

…e time the application to acquire foreign nationality is lodged and, at the latest, within one year of the date of that acquisition.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Obligations of the insurer

Article L175-23

The insurer shall reimburse only the cost of replacements and repairs recognised as necessary; the compensation due by the insurer to the insured may not exceed the value of the insured item at the ti…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition of the jury

Article R2162-23

For competitive examinations organised by the State, the members of the selection board are appointed as follows:1° For central State administrations, departments with national competence and decentra…

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