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Showing 20712080 of 30436 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 23-6-2021 n° 20-17.554

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-23-1

In accordance with the decree provided for in article R. 6312-21, an agreement is concluded between the health establishment where the emergency medical aid service is based, the most representative d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Capital financing of long-term electricity supply companies

Article 238 bis HY

In the event of non-compliance with their corporate purpose, companies defined in Article 238 bis HW must pay the Treasury compensation equal to 25% of the fraction of the capital that has not been us…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VII ter : Taxation of professional capital gains arising from the transfer or purchase of rights relating to a company governed by articles 8 to 8 ter and carrying on a real estate business

Article 238 octies B

In the event of the transfer or redemption of the rights of a shareholder taxable in the category of industrial and commercial profits, non-commercial profits or agricultural profits, or subject to co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XIVc: Taxation of European Economic Interest Groupings and their members

Article 239 quater C

European economic interest groupings that are set up and operate under the conditions provided for by Council of the European Communities regulation no. 2137-85 of 25 July 1985 do not fall within the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-20-3

At the request of the World Anti-Doping Agency, the French Anti-Doping Agency or the laboratory used by the Agency for the analysis of the Samples shall give it access to the Samples and related infor…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Training arrangements

Article R212-10-20

Persons undergoing training preparing for a vocational certificate, vocational diploma, State diploma or higher State diploma in youth, popular education and sport or complementary certificates must,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-20-1

The Public Prosecutor or any interested party may apply to the competent court to have the association or group issuing bonds in breach of articles L. 213-8 and L. 213-10 dissolved and the bonds issue…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Information for the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L214-24-20

I. - The AIF or its management company shall report regularly to the Autorité des marchés financiers on the main markets on which it operates and the main instruments it trades.It shall provide inform…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Group governance system.

Article L356-20-1

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the conditions of application of this section.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-20

The report referred to in the last paragraph of article L. 225-68 includes the information defined in articles L. 22-10-9 to L. 22-10-11 as well as article L. 225-37-4.

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