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Showing 16511660 of 3334 articles for Art. Ordinance no. 2019-359 – 24 Apr. 2019

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct.

Article D533-16-1

…icle shall apply the provisions relating to financial advisors, within the meaning of Regulation EU 2019/2088 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on the publication of su…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XI: The prison integration and probation service

Article D583

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article D. 113-64 du code pénitentiaire, l'agrément de personnes bénévoles par le directeur du service pénitentiaire d'insertion est délivré après avis du juge…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trust as security

Article 2372-5

…accordance with the provisions of Article 2372-2 is registered in the form provided for in Article 2019. The date of registration determines, between them, the rank of the creditors. The provisions o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-27

…221-5 and, where applicable, L. 221-8 and L. 221-11 ; 2° The information mentioned in article L. 224-27-1. This information shall be communicated in a clear and comprehensible manner on a durable me…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies D

…ion applies to the assets mentioned in the first paragraph of this I acquired as new from 1 January 2019 until 31 December 2022. II.-The deduction is spread on a straight-line basis over the normal pe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Taxes specific to resorts

Article L2333-57

…or in III of Article L. 136-7-1 of the Social Security Code and III of Article 18 and Article 19 of Ordinance No. 96-50 of 24 January 1996 relating to the repayment of the social debt.V. - The levies…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article L775-36

…561-2-1 Order 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 561-2-2 Order 2016-1635 of 1 December 2016 L. 561-2-3 Ordinance no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 561-3 with the exception of its VI, L. 561-4 and L. 5…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article D950-1-1

…sions As amended by Title II Chapter III: General obligations of traders Article D. 123-80-1 Decree no. 2020-119 of 12 February 2020Article D. 123-200Decree no. 2020-101 of 7 February 20202° The provi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Urban Community

Article L5215-32

…ect of the authority to organise the public distribution of electricity mentioned in l'article L. 2224-31, provided that this competence is not already exercised by an authority mentioned in article L…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Rights of press publishers and press agencies

Article L218-5

…of a salary. II.-In the absence of an agreement within six months of the publication of the loi n° 2019-775 du 24 juillet 2019 tendant à créer un droit voisin au profit des agences de presse et des é…

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