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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L950-1

…L. 135-1 to L. 135-3;Article L. 123-6 shall apply in its wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-1635 du 1er décembre 2016 renforçant le dispositif français de lutte contre le blanchiment et le…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Imports

Article 291

…of the European Commission taken pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 53 of Council Directive 2009/132/EC of 19 October 2009 determining the scope of Article 143(b) and (c) of Directive 2006/112…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-6-1

…ome statement or one of the key ratios. Communication with the bodies referred to in Article L. 823-16 of the Commercial Code 15. In accordance with the principles defined in the standard "Communicati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Special provisions

Article L1525-1

…s are not applicable: 1° To semi-public companies set up under the Decree-Laws of 5 November and 28 December 1926 and created prior to 8 July 1983, the date of publication of the loi n° 83-597 du 7 ju…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-7

…savings accounts are governed by article 120 of the 2008 rectifying finance act no. 2008-1443 of 30 December 2008.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-3

…on the application of the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, done at Dublin on 4 December 1979, any person guilty of any of the following offences may be prosecuted and tried under…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2671-2

…o the powers devolved to this collectivity, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDTo Bo…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2681-2

…the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDTo Bo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Markets of national interest

Article L761-5

…groups for products that come from holdings located within the reference perimeter.No later than 31 December 2012, an assessment of the organisation of markets of national interest, focusing in partic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L812-5-1-A

…f a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, provided for in Title IV bis of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to a…

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