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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Invoicing and payment terms

Article D441-6

I.-For the application of article L. 441-14, companies shall present in the management report : 1° For suppliers, the number and total amount of invoices received but not paid by the end of the financ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Withdrawal of sentence reductions in the event of non-compliance with obligations

Article D147-43

…rovided for by article 712-6, including in the case of a person sentenced for acts committed before 14 December 2005 and for whom the first judicial supervision was ordered by the sentence enforcement…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Multilateral trading facilities

Article D764-8

…ed Regulation (EU) 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 are deleted;2° References to Regulations (EU) No 596/2014 of 16 April 2014 and No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 are replaced by references to Articles L. 712-7…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Multilateral trading facilities

Article D763-8

…ed Regulation (EU) 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 are deleted;2° References to Regulations (EU) No 596/2014 of 16 April 2014 and No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 are replaced by references to Articles L. 712-7…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Multilateral trading facilities

Article D762-8

…ed Regulation (EU) 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 are deleted;2° References to Regulations (EU) No 596/2014 of 16 April 2014 and No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 are replaced by references to Articles L. 712-7…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Immovable property liens

Article 2377

Other than those provided for by special laws, preferential claims on the generality of immovable property are: 1° Legal costs, on condition that they have benefited the creditor to whom the lien is o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Calculation of sums entered in the automatic online broadcast account

Article 612-10

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Sustainable development plan

Article R4424-7

…y by the President of the Executive Council in the forms provided for by articles R. 123-13, R. 123-14, R. 123-20 to R. 123-23 of this code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-19

The individual limited liability entrepreneur shall file in the special register mentioned in Article R. 526-15, within six months of the end of the financial year, the accounting documents mentioned…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article R761-5

…ot applicable in Mayotte for a period of five years from the publication of Decree No. 2018-1159 of 14 December 2018 taken for the application of Law No. 2018-778 of 10 September 2018 for controlled i…

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