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Showing 15511560 of 1715 articles for Art. Vertical Guidelines – point 145

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Notaries' fees

Article A444-180

…ivil legislation in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle Introductory claim 75.45 € Appointment of proxy abroad 26.41 € b) Acts and formalities taken in application of article 145 of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-6-1

I. The acts provided for in 1° and 2° of Article L. 122-6 are not subject to authorisation by the author where they are necessary to enable the software to be used, in accordance with its intended pur…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 210 B

1. Article 210 A applies to the partial contribution of assets of one or more complete branches of business or similar items. The same Article 210 A applies to the demerger of a company comprising at…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-15

I. - The European Central Bank shall withdraw the authorisation of a credit institution at the request of the institution.Pursuant to Articles 4 and 14 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 Oc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-10

I. - Before commencing business, credit institutions must obtain authorisation. This authorisation is granted to legal entities with their registered office in France or to branches established on Fre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Local electronic communications networks and services

Article L1425-2

…planning, sustainable development and territorial equality.A framework document entitled "National guidelines for the development of digital uses and services in the territories" is drawn up, updated…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-22

…or courseThe nature of the surface and the length of the circuit are free. The minimum width at any point must be at least 3 times the maximum width of the machines used, so as to allow other competit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-1

…es with the following rules:1° The outstanding commitments expressed in units of account covered by point 4 of I do not exceed 10% of the total outstanding commitments of the contract;2° The outstandi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax

Article L2333-30

…he tariff limits thus obtained are expressed by numbers with more than one figure after the decimal point, they are rounded to the nearest tenth of a euro, fractions of a euro less than €0.05 being di…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-9-5

…ll technical provisions combined, expressed in the form of a theoretical mathematical provision for point-based schemes), as at 31 December of the previous year:1° Amount of unpaid death benefits unde…

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