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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 Z quinquies

…ation tax constitutes a claim on the State when, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 313-23 of the Monetary and Financial Code, this claim has been the subject of an assignment or pledge pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-24-1

…f municipal councillor are at most equal to 6% of the reference term mentioned in I of article L. 2123-20. II. - In municipalities with fewer than 100,000 inhabitants, an allowance may be paid for the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article L511-8-1

…he contrary, any credit or financial institution referred to in Article L. 511-22 or Article L. 511-23 may, when carrying on business in France, use the same name as that which it uses in its home Mem…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter XI: Sharing capital gains on the sale of shares with company employees

Article L23-11-3

The sharing contract referred to in Article L. 23-11-2 shall benefit all employees present in the company or companies mentioned in article L. 23-11-1 for all or part of the period between the date it…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to companies established in France

Article R123-5

…a qualified certificate is required under the conditions set out in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the inte…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables.

Article R313-17

…documents. It must include the following compulsory information, in accordance with Articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-35: 1° Under the conditions set out in articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-35 of the French Mo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1331-16

…e L. 1311-4; 2° or an insalubrious situation among those defined in articles L. 1331-22 and L. 1331-23, falling under the State representative's authority to police the health of buildings, premises a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions applicable to Mayotte.

Article R920-1

…the code are applicable in the Department of Mayotte:1° Book I, with the exception of articles R. 123-171-1, R. 122-1 à R. 122-17, R. 123-209 to R. 123-219, R. 132-1 to R. 133-2, D. 145-12 à D. 145-1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Security period

Article 720-4

…e conditions provided by Article 712-7, decide that the security period provided for by Article 132-23of the Penal Code be terminated or its duration reduced. However, where the Assize Court has decid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-14

…r rights is not subject to the provisions of article L. 622-13 and the provisions of article L. 622-23-1 shall not apply.For the application of article L. 622-23, the director must also be implicated…

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