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Showing 16611670 of 44208 articles for Art. Loi n° 2001-420 du 15 mai 2001

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-15-2

…an or his deputy may appoint only one expert if that expert possesses all the skills required to conduct the expert assessment.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 A quinquies

…erty tax on built-up properties is equal to the ratio between:1° On the one hand, the sum of the product of the tax rate for property tax on built-up properties for the commune, applied in 2020, by th…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Supervision, inspection and discipline.

Article L811-15-1

…professional acts, continue the execution of current mandates or be appointed to carry out, for the duration of the provisional suspension, new mandates entrusted by the courts. Where the provisional…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment

Article L214-24-15

…for that AIF if it has functionally and hierarchically separated the performance of its depositary duties from its external valuation duties and that potential conflicts of interest are identified, m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article R22-10-15

I.-The information mentioned in I and II of article L. 22-10-9 is made available to the public free of charge on the company's website for a period of ten years. Without prejudice to the third paragra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article L632-15-1

Confidential information received by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution from an authority or person in another Member State of the European Union or another State party to the Agreem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 quinquies : Capital gains realised on contributions to companies or restructuring of professional non-trading companies

Article 151 octies A

I. Individuals who are members of a professional non-trading company may benefit from the provisions of Article 151 octies for net capital gains on contributions, on which they are personally taxable…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 A quater

I. - Municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of Article 1639 A bis,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Temporary suspension of right to practise on grounds of infirmity or medical condition

Article R4221-15-2

I. - The decision of the regional or central council shall be notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the pharmacist concerned, to the national council, to the director genera…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-15-1

…o exercise the right to cancel the contract must be stated with each annual premium or contribution due date notice. If this notice is sent to the policyholder less than fifteen days before this date,…

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