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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Contributions and taxes other than those provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L3333-2

…d in article L. 312-1 of the code of taxes on goods and services and levied on electricity.II.-.For 2022, the amount of the departmental share collected by the départements and the metropolis of Lyon…

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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
TITLE III: 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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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1595

…2002, the rates of the tax are set at: FRACTION OF TAXABLE VALUE APPLICABLE RATE %. Not exceeding €23,000 0 Between €23,000 and €107,000 0,60 More than €107,000 1.40 It is subject to the rules govern…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Validation of data in the National Register of Companies and checks carried out by certain authorities

Article R123-276

Validation of the entries of information and filings of documents provided for in Article L. 123-43 and the checks provided for in Articles L. 123-44 to L. 123-47 are carried out by the president of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders.

Article L123-28

As an exception to the provisions of articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-23, natural persons benefiting from the regime defined in article 50-0 of the General Tax Code may not prepare annual accounts. They k…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Exceptions for text and data mining

Article R122-26

…opies or reproductions of works with a view to text and data searches referred to in article R. 122-23 may be carried out.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 4 - Automatic processing of personal data for the purpose of establishing the biological profile of athletes referred to in Article L. 230-3

Article R232-41-2

The purpose of the processing mentioned in article R. 232-41-1 is to : 1° To gather biological information on any athlete within the meaning of Article L. 230-3 who is subject to a doping control; 2°…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Recognition of decisions

Article R232-104

The decisions referred to in 10° of I of article L. 232-5 may be recognised by the Board after the interested party has been given the opportunity to submit written observations and, where applicable,…

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