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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-3

…volving the endangerment of minors punishable by the articles 221-1 to 221-5, 222-1 à 222-18-1, 222-23 à 222-33-1, 223-1 à 223-10, 223-13, 224-1 à 224-5, 225-7 à 225-9, 225-12-1 à 225-12-4,227-1, 227-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-4-1

…h, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Open-ended employment contracts

Article L1254-21

…ice agreed between the supported employee and the client company mentioned in 5° of Article L. 1254-23; 2° Where applicable, the methods for deducting professional expenses; 3° A description of the sk…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-106

…ation is mandatory when, the Articles of Association having been amended pursuant to article L. 225-23 or article L. 225-71, the Ordinary General Meeting must appoint to the Board of Directors or the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-16

…nvention for the Protection of Industrial Property , nor the time limit laid down in Article L. 613-23 for filing an opposition or the time limits set as part of the examination phase mentioned in the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter U

…ax constitutes a receivable from 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 Tax CodeIn force
2°: Capital gains realised by individuals

Article 248 F

…86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 relative à la liberté de communication dans sa rédaction applicable au 23 décembre 2020, aux échanges de titres participatifs mentionnés à amended Article 1 of Law no. 86-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-7

In companies subject to the obligation to set up a works council pursuant to article L. 2322-1 of the Labour Code and which, at the end of the last financial year, fell into the category of small and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Plenary session (R).

Article R5211-25

The election of the representatives mentioned in article R. 5211-23 shall take place by post.The ballot papers shall be sent or deposited at the prefecture of the department, in accordance with the pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L773-3

…ble: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 511-9 and L. 511-10 Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 511-11 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-12-1 Order no. 2015-1024 of…

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