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Showing 11911200 of 3518 articles for Art. CE 30 Dec 2010 n° 338197

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-75

The establishment of alimony and indexed annuities (numbers 30 and 31 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of:1° A proportional fee:a) Either to the capital formed by ten times the annual benefit,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Financial provisions

Article L4414-4

The Ile-de-France region benefits from the allocation of the share, set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, of the proceeds from the increase in the tariff of police fines relating to road traffic, in ac…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IX: Parental authority

Article 1210-9

In the absence of voluntary enforcement of the return decision, the public prosecutor with jurisdiction pursuant to article 34-1 of law n° 95-125 of 8 January 1995 to directly request the police force…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Categories of revenue

Article R3332-2

The proportional royalty per kilowatt-hour produced on hydropower is determined in accordance with the provisions adopted for the application of article 67 of law n° 53-79 of 7 February 1953 and relat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

Article L5221-4

…nditions laid down in Article 28 of the same Regulation. In addition, the following are required to declare their activities to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Popular savings passbook account.

Article R221-41

The initial deposit on a popular savings passbook account must be at least €30.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-21-7

…fer the matter to the European Banking Authority, pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010, during the consultation peri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-20-6

…ropean Banking Authority and, where appropriate, to the other competent authorities.In reaching its decision, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall take into account the impact of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: The national financial intelligence unit

Article R561-37

I. - For the purposes of the first paragraph of I of Article L. 561-30-2, the TRACFIN department shall inform the person designated pursuant to I of Article R. 561-23 , in writing and by any means, of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L354-2

…Resulting from Order no. 2019-740 of 17 July 2019 L. 341-2 and L. 341-3 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 341-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2019-740 du 17 juillet 2019…

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