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Showing 29112920 of 6003 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 13 Jan. 2011 – no. 2010-85 QPC

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Monitoring compliance with obligations and penalties

Article R561-39

For the application of 14° of I of Article L. 561-36, the administrative authority responsible for monitoring compliance by the persons mentioned in 9° of Article L. 561-2 with the obligations mention…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Specific supervision of credit institutions and investment firms

Article R613-37

Where an institution carrying on business in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, in accordance with Articles L. 511-27…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: State services transferred and made available to the Corsican regional authority

Article R4422-32

The personnel expenses corresponding to the services or parts of services mentioned in article R. 4422-31 are borne by the Corsican local authority under the conditions provided for in Title I of law…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Investments

Article R353-3

…sferable securities or other financial instruments based on repackaged debt issued before 1 January 2011, the requirements set out in Article R. 353-2 shall apply only if the underlying exposures have…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Coverage of professionalisation contracts

Article D6332-88

Expenditure incurred by employers of companies with fewer than 50 employees in excess of the lump sums provided for in article D. 6332-85 may be financed by the skills operator from funds allocated to…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trust as security

Article 2372-1

…be assigned as security for an obligation under a trust agreement entered into pursuant to Articles 2011 to 2030.The secured obligation may be present or future; in the latter case, it must be determi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis HX

…bis HW may not benefit from the scheme provided for venture capital companies by article 1-1 of law no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 containing various provisions of an economic and financial nature, nor th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Title I: PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE CALCULATION OF SUPPORT FOR THE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND EXPLOITATION OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC WORKS

Article 810-1

The rates or coefficients used to calculate the investment allowances referred to in articles 211-26, 211-28, 211-29, 222-4, 232-6 and 232-7, as well as the rates used to calculate and the ceilings fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis HI

The companies defined in Article 238 bis HE may not benefit from the scheme provided for venture capital companies by l'article 1er-1 de la loi n° 85-695 du 11 juillet 1985, portant diverses dispositi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 411-53

The sums requested are paid as follows: 1° For the financing of the production of a work: the sum requested is paid in two instalments. The first instalment, which may not exceed 85% of the total amou…

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