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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Accounting and reporting obligations.

Article R533-2-2

Investment firms, other than portfolio management companies, publish in their annual report the return on their assets, calculated by dividing their net profit by their balance sheet total.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 200 B

Capital gains realised under the conditions provided for in articles 150 U to 150 UC are taxed at a flat rate of 19%. They are taxed at the rates provided for in III bis of article 244 bis A when they…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-29

When a person has been sentenced to a custodial sentence of seven years or more for a felony or misdemeanour for which socio-judicial supervision is incurred, or of five years or more for a felony or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company.

Article R229-25

The transformation commissioners are appointed and carry out their mission under the conditions set out in article R. 22-10-7.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company.

Article R229-24

The proposed transformation of the société européenne, provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 229-10, is the subject of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announceme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company.

Article R229-26

The conversion of a European Company registered in France into a société anonyme is published under the conditions set out in article R. 225-165.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to the taxes, income and profits referred to in Chapters I to III

Article 235 quinquies

I.-The beneficiary of the income and sums subject to the withholding tax provided for in article 119 bis (2) and articles 182 A bis and 182 B may request that the tax thus paid be refunded to him, in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-25-2

I.-One or more agreements relating to the remuneration of authors concluded between the professional authors' organisations, the collective management organisations mentioned in Title II of Book III o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POLICE

Article L2214-2

The commune resulting from the merger of two or more communes or the creation of a new commune is subject to the State police system where, prior to the act pronouncing the merger or the creation of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POLICE

Article R2214-2

The State police system may be established in a commune or in a group of communes forming an urban area when the following two conditions are met:1° The population of the commune or group of communes,…

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