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Showing 28312840 of 3129 articles for Art. CA Colmar – 22 Nov. 2023 – no. 22/00551

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary parent companies

Article L517-11

…ions of Article L. 613-41. A group whose parent undertaking is established in a third country which carries on business in the Union through more than one establishment and whose total value of assets…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-1

…ons of Chapter III of Title II of Book I of this Part and to contribute to the democratisation of local mandates, small rural communes receive a special allocation taken from State revenues and determ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 261 C

…Banking and financial transactions:a.The granting and negotiation of loans, the management of loans carried out by the person who granted them, securities lending carried out under the conditions prov…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-17

…rights, obligations or security interests making up the assigned assets.Articles L. 141-2 to L. 141-22 do not apply to the transfer or contribution to a company of a business arising as a result of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation.

Article L752-6

…atible with the orientation and objectives document of territorial coherence schemes or, where applicable, with the development and programming guidelines of inter-municipal local town planning scheme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 tertricies

…the first paragraph of article 302 bis ZJ, from online horse betting mentioned in article 11 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the onli…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-5-2

For the application of 2° of I of Article L. 561-5, and when the measures provided for in 1° to 4° of Article R. 561-5-1 cannot be implemented, the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall verify…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article R782-11

…provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article R783-11

…oned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exemption authorisation for young people undergoing vocational training

Article R4153-40

…tion mentioned in Section 2 of this chapter, subject to meeting the following conditions: 1° Having carried out the assessment provided for in articles L. 4121-3 et seq., including an assessment of th…

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