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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 242 quinquies

…pectively in the third paragraph and the fourth paragraph of 1° of article 1-1 of law no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 containing various economic and financial provisions;2° For each distribution, the cond…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Special provisions applicable to privatisation operations

Article 248 F

…given in exchange; where these securities were acquired under the Nationalisation Act no. 82-155 of 11 February 1982 or the transactions mentioned in Article 19 of Law no. 81-1179 of 31 December 1981…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article L2311-5

…of the financial year. Between the mandating deadline set in the third paragraph of article L. 1612-11 and the deadline for voting on local tax rates provided for in Article 1639 A of the General Tax…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Police custody

Article 706-88-1

…88, decide that the current police custody of a person, based on one of the offences referred to in 11° of Article 706-73, will be subject to an additional extension of twenty-four hours, renewable on…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-26

…article R. 322-25-1 of this code. Repeated offences are punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the French Penal Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L424-2

…és financiers, in another language customary in financial matters.The provisions of Articles L. 533-11 to L. 533-16, L. 533-18, L. 533-19, L. 533-24 and L. 533-24-1 shall not apply, in connection with…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions

Article L412-2

…res in cooperative societies constituted in the form of a public limited company governed byarticle 11 of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation. The prospectus shall clearl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Disclosure requirements for equity investments

Article L451-2-1

…ticles L. 233-7, II, IV, V and VII, and Articles L. 233-8, L. 233-9, L. 233-10, L. 233-10-1, L. 233-11 and L. 233-12 of the Commercial Code shall apply. The Autorité des marchés financiers may exempt…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of negotiations

Article L2312-21

…required for the mandatory negotiations provided for in article L. 2242-1, in 1° of article L. 2242-11 or in article L. 2242-13 and for the specific consultations of the social and economic committee…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

Article L3212-7

…certificate states whether the form of care decided for the patient in application of article L. 3211-2-2 is still appropriate and, if so, proposes a new form of care. If it is not possible to examin…

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