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Showing 11811190 of 21721 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 16 Feb. 2022 – no. 20-11.754

French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1656 quater

…The provisions of this code applicable to communes, with the exception of I, IV and V of article 1636 B septies, apply to the City of Paris. For the application of these provisions: 1° The referenc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-20-1

If the pledge or the thing legitimately retained is not withdrawn in accordance with the conditions set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 641-3, the liquidator must, within six months of the j…

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

Article L613-20-1

I. - Subject to the provisions of Article L. 517-12, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall exercise supervision on a consolidated basis of a group within the meaning of Articles L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opening and content of the pharmaceutical record

Article R1111-20-1

…res for its operation and closure, the rights available to its holder pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 and the procedures for exercis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opening and content of the pharmaceutical record

Article R1111-20-2

I.-The pharmaceutical record contains : a) Data relating to the identity and identification of its holder, in particular his national health identifier, and, where applicable, data relating to the ide…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-16

The fee provided for in Article R. 663-16 in respect of the task of collecting and distributing dividends laid down by the plan (number 4 of table 4-2) is set in proportion to the cumulative amount of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-20-1

I.-Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is informed by the group supervisor, in the case of a supervisory authority of another Member State, of a request for authorisation to cal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Ingredients and emissions

Article L3512-16

…clearly identifiable flavour whose sales volume represents, within the European Union, on 20 May 2016, 3% or more of a given category of tobacco products.

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

Article L613-20-5

Where warranted by an emergency situation, in particular that described in Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010, or an adverse development that is likely to threaten market liquidity or the stab…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds.

Article D214-206-1

…from the articles of association of the société de libre partenariat referred to in article L. 214-162-6 is filed in the appendix to the register of companies. It is signed by the general partners an…

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