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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Registration upon declaration

Article R123-95-1

…horities, the court clerk verifies that it is valid within the meaning of Article 3 of the Order of 10 August 2016 authorising the creation of an automated personal data processing operation called "D…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of accounts.

Article R123-187

…included under "goodwill" cannot be reliably determined, these items are amortised over a period of 10 years.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article R236-7

…s involved in the merger decide otherwise under the conditions provided for in II of Article L. 236-10, the shareholder information provided for in the fifth paragraph of I of Article L. 236-9 is comm…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: BODIES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L7225-3

…but may not be less than three clear days.Without prejudice to the application of article L. 7222-10, the agenda is set by the President of the Assembly after consultation with the Vice-Presidents.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Examining Magistrate's Chamber: second instance examining magistrate's court

Article D44-3

…of Justice. They must include a detailed general assessment, as well as a numerical mark from 0 to 10 and an assessment of each of the following elements when they have been observed: 1. Professional…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY, SAINT-MARTIN AND SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L772-1

I.-For application in Saint-Barthélemy: 1° In Article L. 511-10, the second paragraph is replaced by the following provisions: "Authorisation to operate as a credit institution shall be granted by the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-7-15

…erve provided that, on completion of this operation, the amount of the said reserve does not exceed 10% of the reduced subscribed capital;3° The restriction referred to in 3° of Article D. 214-32-7-14…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Obligations and financial solidarity of principals and project owners.

Article L8222-2

…t of employees who have not been subject to one of the formalities provided for in articles L. 1221-10, relating to the declaration prior to recruitment, and L. 3243-2, relating to the issue of pay sl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Concealed employment.

Article L8221-5

…salaried employee: 1° Intentionally fails to comply with the formalities set out in article L. 1221-10, relating to the declaration prior to recruitment ; 2° Intentionally failing to issue a pay slip…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and implementation arrangements

Article D1271-5-1

…in 3° of article L. 133-5-6 of the Social Security Code to the body referred to in article L. 133-5-10 of the same code and whose number of hours worked under the employment contract does not exceed,…

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