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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-6

Officers are empowered to investigate and record infringements or breaches of the following provisions:1° Chapters I, II and IV of Title I of Book I;2° Sections 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Chapter I of Tit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Notifications and information

Article L233-14

A shareholder who has not duly made the declarations provided for in I, II, VI bis and VII of Article L. 233-7 to which he was required to make a declaration shall be deprived of the voting rights att…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 quinquies A

…cooperation with its own tax system, taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, the basis of assessment for property tax on built-up properties for premises covered by a tempo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L4331-3

…with the procedures laid down by decree; g) Payments under the Value Added Tax Compensation Fund; g bis) Proceeds from the temporary local contribution referred to in Article L. 2124-1 of the Transpor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L910-1

…to L. 229-15, L. 238-6, L. 244-5 and L. 252-1 to L. 252-13 ;3° L. 490-9;4° L. 522-1 to L. 522-40;4° bis. L. 621-4(last sentence of the first paragraph), L. 641-1 (last sentence of the first paragraph…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation

Article L5214-1

…des one or more priority neighbourhoods for urban policy and exercises the competence defined in 2° bis of II of article L. 5214-16, this joint project includes a section on social and urban cohesion,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Money changers

Article D524-1

…ign exchange by the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2, other than those referred to in 1°, 1° bis, 1° ter, 5° and 7° of Article L. 561-2, where the sum of their currency purchase and sale transa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cosmetic products

Article R1453-8

I. - Companies producing or marketing products mentioned in 14°, 15° and 17° of article L. 5311-1 or providing services associated with these products shall make public, under the conditions defined i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Va: Annual contribution on rental income

Article 234 quaterdecies

…r. For legal entities or organisations taxed at the corporate tax rates provided for in article 219 bis, the contribution, established under the conditions defined in I of article 234 duodecies, is de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-5

…ne may be increased to 15% of total annual turnover within the meaning of the last paragraph of III bis of article L. 621-15. The procedures set out in article 131-38 of the said code apply only to th…

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