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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Categories of revenue

Article L3332-1

…for in A to E of V of Article 16 of Law No. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on the finances for 2020;10° The fraction of the net proceeds of value added tax collected pursuant to A and B of XXV of Arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-18

…enticeship and continuing vocational training fund pursuant to article L. 6241-9 of the Labour Code;10° A statement relating to passenger rail services;11° A statement of changes in assets provided fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Bodies and operations

Article L5211-11-2

…he conditions and procedures for consulting the development council provided for in article L. 5211-10-1 and for involving the population in the design, implementation or evaluation of the public esta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article L3332-17

…g of article L. 233-16 of the French Commercial Code has undertaken to repurchase, up to a limit of 10% of its share capital, the securities not admitted to trading on a regulated market held by the f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Placement and support for jobseekers.

Article L5312-13-2

…shable by a fine of €1,500 per contributor or beneficiary concerned, up to a maximum total fine of €10,000. Silence or refusal to comply with a request under the second paragraph is punishable by a fi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Declarations and filings concerning natural persons

Article R123-243

The following shall be entered in the National Register of Companies, upon declaration by the natural person at the time of registration: 1° With regard to the individual: a) Name, surname, pseudonym,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-252

…r 9° Where applicable, in the case of a commercial company, its status as a social economy company; 10° Where applicable, its status as a company with a mission; 11° The domain name of its website; 12…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations

Article R123-298

…e administrator's powers; e) Ordering the partial cessation of business pursuant to articles L. 622-10 or L. 631-15;f) Adopting the safeguard or recovery plan, with an indication of the name of the co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-120

…ue is stated in the Articles of Association, and, where applicable, the amount of the issue premium;10° The amount immediately due per share or security giving access to the capital subscribed;11° The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-22

…raft terms of merger to the company up to five working days before the date of the general meeting; 10° Where applicable, the website where the draft terms of cross-border merger and the notice referr…

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