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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The spouse, partner in a civil solidarity pact or cohabitee of the company director, working in the family business

Article L121-4

…regularly carries out a professional activity therein opts for one of the following statuses:1° Collaborating spouse;2° Salaried spouse;3° Associate spouse.II. - As far as companies are concerned, the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Obligations of legal persons

Article 223

1. Legal entities and associations liable to corporation tax are required to file the declarations provided for the basis of assessment of income tax in respect of industrial and commercial profits (r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-15-1

…ts authorisation or subsequent authorisation was subject or no longer offers the guarantee of being able to fulfil its obligations to its creditors and, in particular, no longer ensures the security o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R3361-3

…of French Polynesia"; 4° The first paragraph of Article R. 3123-18 reads as follows: "Applicants established in the French Polynesian community must produce the certificates issued by the competent lo…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R3371-3

…rnal of New Caledonia";4° The first paragraph of Article R. 3123-18 reads as follows:"Applicants established in the local authority shall produce the certificates issued by the competent local authori…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1456

…19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production. The exemption is, however, applicable to sociétés coopératives de production resulting from the transformation of other companies und…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1465 B

…ithin the meaning of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014, referred to above. The company's average workforce is assessed by reference to the average number of employees d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L4321-1

…The remuneration of regional agents, the related contributions and social security contributions;5° bis Under the conditions provided for in Article 88-1 of the loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication of the register

Article R123-318

…Regional and departmental inter-ministerial directorates responsible for the economy, employment, labour, solidarity and population protection; > Central services of the Ministry of the Economy, Fina…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3 : Assignment of civil servants from the corps d'encadrement et d'application de la police nationale with the status of judicial police officer to the departments referred to in article 16 (4°)

Article A35

…es brigades mobiles de recherches;-les brigades de police aéronautique;-les unités d'éloignement.2° bis For the Ile-de-France interdepartmental border police directorate:-les brigades mobiles de reche…

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