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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-23

Subject to justification in the notes to the financial statements, the consolidating company may use, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 123-17, valuation rules set by regulation of the A…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L463-4

…s where the communication or consultation of these documents is necessary for the exercise of the rights of defence of a defendant, the General Rapporteur of the Autorité de la concurrence may refuse…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R329-19

…or in article L. 324-8-1, the stipulations of this contract immediately cease to have effect with regard to rights holders who are not members of the organisation concerned. The order referred to in t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Actions in the collective interest of consumers

Article L621-9

On the occasion of an action brought before the civil courts seeking compensation for harm suffered by one or more consumers as a result of acts that do not constitute a criminal offence, the associat…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article R512-37

If it does not emerge from the laboratory report that the sample does not comply with the characteristics to which the product must conform, the administrative department which registered the sample,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Personal recovery without compulsory liquidation

Article R741-3

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 672

…article 671, in civil deeds, provisions that are independent and not subject to proportional or progressive taxation. Where a deed contains several independent provisions, some of which are subject t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tariffs and their application

Article 679

…s qui ne comportent aucune disposition entrant dans les prévisions des 1° à 4° de Article 677; 2° Registrations of judicial or contractual mortgages not subject to the proportional tax; 3° Deeds exemp…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: Residence permits on humanitarian grounds

Article R425-6

…permit issued under the conditions provided for in article R. 425-5 may be withdrawn in the following cases: 1° Its holder has, on his or her own initiative, renewed links with the perpetrators of the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title III: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article 961

The parties' submissions shall be signed by their lawyer and served in the same way as notifications between lawyers. They are not admissible until the information mentioned in paragraph 2 of the prev…

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