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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-1

…nked to the statutory auditor within the meaning of Article 3(26) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of 16 April 2014, because of breaches of the provisions of Article L. 822-11-3 and to the provisions of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 157 bis

Taxpayers aged over sixty-five on 31 December of the tax year, or meeting one of the disability conditions mentioned in article 195, may deduct an amount of:- €2,620 from their net overall income if t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-34

…of the bondholders' group may object to the cross-border merger, as provided for in article L. 236-16, within the same time limit. In all cases, the creditors of the bondholders' group may object to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-7

Notwithstanding article 13 of the law of 16 and 24 August 1790 on the organisation of the judiciary, the judicial court alone has jurisdiction to rule on any action for compensation for damage resulti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-19

…d unanimously by the shareholders. The statutory clauses mentioned in articles L. 227-14 and L. 227-16 may only be adopted or amended by a decision taken collectively by the partners under the conditi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-25-2-1

…Article 706, in proceedings concerning crimes and offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions adapting Book VIII

Article L958-2

For the application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands of articles L. 824-1 to L. 824-16, the terms listed below are replaced as follows: 1° (deleted); 2° "chambre régionale des comptes" by "chambre ter…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Litigation concerning Community designs

Article L522-2

…o hear the actions and claims provided for in Article 80 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs, including where such actions and claims concern both a design ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-12

…e purpose. However, the competent assembly in each case may have decided, by deliberation before 31 December 1958, that these provisions do not apply to the local authority concerned. This decision ma…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia

Article L2727-1

…to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting from Law no. 2020-1525 of 7 December 2020 on the acceleration and simplification of public action, unless otherwise stated in th…

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