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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Information on beneficial owners

Article L561-45-1

…e interest groups established on French territory as well as trustees within the meaning of Article 2011 of the Civil Code and administrators of any other comparable legal arrangement governed by fore…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-20

…duct conformity, and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011 or the enforcement of food or feed law, in the exercise of their market surveillance tasks ;4°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Beneficial owner

Article R561-3-0

Where the customer is acting in the context of a trust within the meaning ofArticle 2011 of the Civil Code or any other comparable legal arrangement governed by foreign law, a beneficial owner within…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XVII bis: Exceptional corporation tax contribution

Article 235 ter ZAA

…e income, at the rates mentioned in Article 219, for financial years ending on or after 31 December 2011 and until 30 December 2016.This contribution is equal to 10.7% of the corporation tax due, dete…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-1-1

…ngthening the book economy and reinforcing fairness and confidence between its players;Articles L. 122-5, L. 122-5-3, L. 122-5-4, L. 122-5-5, L. 122-6-1, L. 134-3, L. 134-4, L. 134-5, L. 134-6, L. 134…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-21-1

…the number of directors bound to the company by a contract of employment referred to in Article L. 225-22.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Obligations of employers and debtors

Article 87-0 A

…ody mentioned in article L. 133-5-10 of the same code or, for employers referred to in article L. 7122-22 du code du travail, through the body mentioned in article L. 7122-23 of the same code, informa…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Alert mechanism

Article R212-94-4

…European Economic Area, under the conditions provided for in Chapter III of Order No. 2016-1809 of 22 December 2016 on the recognition of professional qualifications of regulated professions: 1° Defi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-41

…roxy to represent them at the meeting of a company referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 22-10-39, makes its voting policy public. It may also make public its voting intentions on the draft…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to employee participation in general meetings or section or branch meetings

Article L2363-18

…the conditions provided for in article 4 of article 59 of Council Regulation (EC) n° 1435 / 2003 of 22 July 2003 on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society, the possibility to provide in the ar…

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