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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-161

The notices provided for in articles R. 123-155 et seq. are drawn up and sent by the registrar to the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales within eight days of the corresponding regi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-162

The filing of the accounting documents provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 123-111, accompanied, where applicable, by a declaration of confidentiality or a declaration of simplified publ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-160

…f a notice in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales. The notice shall contain: 1° For natural persons: a) The registration references; b) The surname, customary name, pseudonym an…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Adjustable prices

Article R2112-13

…mance of the services. This is particularly the case for contracts for the purchase of agricultural and food raw materials. When the price is subject to revision, the terms of the contract set out the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L224-28

The individual retirement savings plan must be able to receive the payments mentioned in 1° of article L. 224-2. Payments are made in cash. The provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 224-20…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article R956-1

In article R. 600-3, the words: "in mainland France" are replaced by the words: "in the Wallis and Futuna Islands", and the words: "in the tables in appendices 6-1 and 6-2 of this book" are replaced b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Savings products

Article L742-12

…ostes et Télécommunications under the conditions set out in articles L. 221-2 to L. 221-4, L. 221-6 and L. 221-38. Sums in excess of the ceiling mentioned in article L. 221-4 may be paid into the supp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Savings products

Article L743-12

…ostes et Télécommunications under the conditions set out in articles L. 221-2 to L. 221-4, L. 221-6 and L. 221-38. All funds collected for this passbook are centralised by the Caisse des Dépôts et Con…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Rights of foreign nationals in detention

Article R744-17

…eter for foreign nationals held in an administrative detention centre or facility who do not understand French, solely in the context of deportation proceedings against them and asylum applications. I…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Rights of foreign nationals in detention

Article R744-16

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