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Showing 22512260 of 26507 articles for Art. Loi n° 2014-626 du 18 juin 2014

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L753-15

…EU Regulations No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 and No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 are replaced by references to Art…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial responsibility

Article R1611-37

…f he is absent or unable to attend. In the absence of an agreement leading to this appointment, the duties of vice-chairman will be carried out by the eldest among them.A deputy will be appointed at t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
13° : Tax credit for expenditure on publishing musical works

Article 220 septdecies

…musical works, controlling and administering published musical works, ensuring the publication, exploitation and commercial distribution of published musical works and developing the repertoire of an…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-9

…ng insurance and reinsurance commitments. These expenses are determined in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 31 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-3

…5 to L. 1121-8 and Article L. 1122-1-2 and in breach of Articles 31 to 34 of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-7

…ts mentioned in II of Article L. 421-1 when the conditions of Articles 42 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 are met. II.The AMF may suspend th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-106

…e requirements for an advanced electronic signature set out in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2k: Companies located in priority development zones

Article 44 septdecies

…II, companies that are created between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023 and that carry out an industrial, commercial or craft activity within the meaning of Article 34 are exempt from income tax o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Investments

Article R353-3

…y if the underlying exposures have been replaced or supplemented by new exposures after 31 December 2014.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Equalisation of tax resources

Article L3662-7

…he application of Article L. 3335-2 to the Rhône department and the Metropole of Lyon, the transfer duties on immovable property collected by the Rhône department in 2012, 2013 and 2014 are allocated…

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