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Showing 10611070 of 18902 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 29 Sept. 2009 – no. 08-17.611

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-33-1

…stablishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/78/EC, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de réso…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5131-4

…ess the safety of cosmetic products for the implementation of Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009, mentioned above, as well as…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-98

…ection 2 of Chapter IV of Title I of Book II or foreign UCITS approved in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: National cosmetovigilance system

Article R5131-8

…and Fraud Control; 3° The responsible person as determined in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products and dist…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 219 bis

Notwithstanding the provisions of article 219, the rate of corporation tax is set at 24% in respect of the income referred to in section 5 of article 206, received by non-profit-making public establis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Interventional radiology activities

Article R6123-170

The holder of the authorisation for category A has a scanner and an ultrasound scanner on site. The holder of the authorisation for categories B and C has access to : 1° On-site access to a scanner an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of the project owner.

Article R4532-7

…search for and identification of materials containing asbestos, as provided for in articles R. 1334-29-4 to R. 1334-29-6 of the Public Health Code andarticle R.126-10 of the Building and Housing Code…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1740-00 AB

Failure to comply with the obligations mentioned in Article 242 septies will result in the payment of a fine of up to €50,000.The fine is not applicable, in the case of a first offence committed durin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Equalisation funds

Article 1648 A

…rtmental business tax equalisation funds existing in 2011 receive a State allocation totalling €423,291,955.From 2017, a reduction is applied to this allocation. For 2017, the amount of this allocatio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single section: Sale of products without packaging

Article D120-7

…ion IX of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin ; 2° Raw milk, except whe…

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