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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Specific procedures for group actions in the field of competition

Article L623-25

…ught after a period of five years from the date on which the decision referred to in Article L. 623-24 is no longer subject to appeal.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Social debt repayment contributions paid to the social debt repayment fund (Caisse d'amortissement de la dette sociale)

Article 1600-0 G

…assets is established, controlled and collected in accordance with article 15 of order no. 96-50 of 24 January 1996 relating to the repayment of the social debt.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transactions carried out on youth savings accounts and remuneration.

Article R221-90

Authorisation for the withdrawal referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 221-24, as well as the objection of the legal representative referred to in the same paragraph, shall be notified to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Service vouchers

Article D7227-30

To be eligible for the financial assistance provided for in article L. 7227-24, the elected representatives concerned must produce any document justifying the use of a universal service employment che…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-15

…ps, unless exemptions were granted prior to the entry into force of decree no. 90-981 of 5 November 1990. The assets of these companies may only consist of built buildings or land located in the terri…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Sociétés d'aménagement foncier et d'établissement rural (land development and rural establishment companies)

Article 1028 ter

…lies to transfers of property acquired after the date of publication of law no. 90-85 of 23 January 1990 supplementary to law no. 88-1202 of 30 December 1988 relating to the adaptation of farming to i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: CONTROL OF THE HOLDING OF SECURITIES

Article L812-3

…area between France's land border with the States party to the Schengen Agreement signed on 19 June 1990 and a line drawn twenty kilometres below;2° In the parking areas of motorway sections starting…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-12

…y or a profession provided for in Title IV bis of the aforementioned Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 or the management of related professional interests or family interests ;3° With the status of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company.

Article R743-121

…f the article 5 and in 1° and 3° of the I of the article 6 of the aforementioned Act of 31 December 1990, a société d'exercice libéral which may be appointed as a commercial court clerk to replace the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: End of the research period

Article L1233-57-19

…n application of article L. 2323-3. When the procedure is adapted in application of article L. 1233-24-2 to favour a project for the transfer of one or more economic entities mentioned in article L. 1…

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