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Showing 5160 of 63908 articles for Art. I-1°

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L754-12

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II and III, in the wording indicat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Creation of the solvency margin.

Article R334-17

The solvency margin referred to in Article L. 334-1 is made up, after deduction of losses, the portion of acquisition costs not recognised as a representation of regulated commitments and other intang…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-17 (art. A211-3)

TITLE I ESTABLISHMENT OF ELECTORAL ROLLS I-1. The Managing Director of the Institut national du sport, de l'expertise et de la performance shall draw up the list of voters and eligible persons for eac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of a State nursing diploma.

Article D4311-18

I.-Training includes : 1° Theoretical training ; 2° Practical training ; 3° Work placements. II-The conditions for compensation for work placements and reimbursement of travel expenses related to work…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation prior to a radiological emergency

Article R4451-99

I - The employer shall identify any worker likely to be involved in a radiological emergency. II.-After consulting the occupational physician, the employer shall assign the worker referred to in I: 1°…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Social debt repayment contributions paid to the social debt repayment fund (Caisse d'amortissement de la dette sociale)

Article 1600-0 I

The contribution for the repayment of the social debt to which sales of precious metals, jewellery, works of art, collectors' items and antiques are subject is established, controlled and collected in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-18

I. - For the purposes of 1° of article L. 561-10, a person exposed to particular risks by virtue of their duties is a person who holds or has held for less than one year one of the following positions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 I bis

The departmental councils of the overseas departments may, by deliberation, exempt from land registration tax or registration duty the acquisition of buildings that the purchaser undertakes to allocat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 I ter

The departmental councils of the overseas departments may, by deliberation, exempt from land registration tax or registration duty transfers of co-ownership shares in classified hotels, tourist reside…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Common provisions

Article 1649 quater I

The departmental director of public finance or his representative attends, in an advisory capacity, the deliberations of the governing bodies of approved management centres, approved associations and…

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