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Showing 651660 of 68978 articles for Art. s. L. 145-1 to L. 145-60 + R. 145-1 to R. 145-38

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-38

…ules governing the composition of assets and the division of risks must be complied with at all times. However :1° General-purpose investment funds are not required to comply with the limits laid down…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Performance of obligations under the agreement

Article R15-33-60-6

Where the agreement provides for the payment of a public interest fine, payment shall be made to an accounting officer of the Directorate-General of Public Finance.The accounting officer of the Direct…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal control

Article R561-38-8

For the persons mentioned in 3° to 5°, 7° to 17° of Article L. 561-2, financial investment advisers and providers of participative financing services mentioned in 6° of Article L. 561-2, the system de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal control

Article R561-38-4

For the persons mentioned in 1° to 2°e, 6°, with the exception of financial investment advisors and providers of participative financing services in respect of their activities mentioned in Article L.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVII: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies) authorised to offer financial securities to the public

Article 239 septies

…usts (sociétés civiles de placement immobilier) with a purpose in line with that defined in Article L. 214-114 of the Monetary and Financial Code and authorised to make a public offer of financial sec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Proposed measures

Article R15-33-38

The public prosecutor may propose either directly or through a delegate or mediator a penal composition, pursuant to the provisions of articles 41-2 and 41-3.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Leasing transactions carried out by property companies for commerce and industry and approved energy-saving financing companies

Article 239 sexies

…When the purchase price paid by the lessee for the property leased under a finance lease entered into with a société immobilière pour le commerce et l'industrie is less than the difference between th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of the system for combating money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-38-2

The persons mentioned in 1° to 7°c of Article L. 561-2 may entrust an external service provider with the performance, in their name and on their behalf, of all or part of the activities relating to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-38-1

…resulting from a withdrawal of all or part of the duration of sentence reductions decided pursuant to article 723-35, and it resumes, for the remaining period, at the end of this suspension.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 sexies

…or the income tax base for which maternal assistants and family assistants governed by the articles L. 421-1 et seq and L. 423-1 et seq. of the Social Action and Family Code, the gross income to be ta…

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