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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Article R133-33

The accommodation capacity for the non-permanent population referred to in article R. 133-32 is estimated by adding together the following figures:-number of rooms in classified and unclassified hotel…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Article R133-32

…ent population whose ratio to the municipal population of the municipality as defined in article R. 2151-1 of the General Local Authorities Code is greater than or equal to a percentage set in article…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Article R133-36

…motion, including the creation of tourist offices, in application of the provisions of articles L. 5214-16 and L. 5216-5 of the general code of territorial collectivities. The decision of the governin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article L722-9

…commercial court judge who has one of the qualities mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 713-3, when the company or public establishment to which it belongs is the subject of safeguard, rece…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article L722-6

…o the provisions relating to supplementary elections set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 723-11, judges of the commercial courts are elected for two years at the time of their first election…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article L722-8

The cessation of the duties of a commercial court judge results from: 1° The expiry of the electoral mandate, subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 722-6 and the third paragr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article L722-7

…ce, commercial court judges take an oath. The oath is as follows: I swear to perform my duties well and faithfully, to keep the deliberations secret and to conduct myself in everything as a worthy and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Definition

Article 502

…of beverages not originating from their own harvest carries out their activity as a drinks retailer and is subject to the legislation on indirect taxation.They must justify any possession of beverages…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article R722-9

…ten days of the vote. Appeals may only be lodged by serving consular judges of the commercial court and the public prosecutor. The president whose election is contested may validly be installed and ca…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article R722-8

…nt of the commercial court, the general meeting of the court shall be convened under the conditions and within the time limits provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 722-1. Except in the c…

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