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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation

Article A752-1

I.-The authorisation application form referred to in article R. 752-6-2, a model of which is attached to this order, bears the letterhead of the prefecture in whose jurisdiction the authorisation is r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General information

Article 205 A

For the assessment of corporation tax, no account shall be taken of a scheme or series of schemes which, having been put in place to obtain, as a principal objective or as one of the principal objecti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of elections to the Board of Directors

Article A114-3

The directors of the sports resource, expertise and performance centres are responsible for drawing up the electoral lists and organising all the operations relating to the election of the elected mem…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of the ballot for the election of members to the board of directors of the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne and to the advisory boards of the Ecole nationale de ski et d'alpinisme and the Centre national de ski nordique et de moyenne montagne

Article A211-54

The Director General of the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne is responsible for drawing up the electoral lists and organising all the operations relating to the election of the elected members o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1a: Exemption for between two and five years

Article 1383 A

I. - Companies that benefit from the exemptions provided for in Articles 44 sexies and 44 quindecies, may be temporarily exempted under the conditions set out in Article 1464 C, from the property tax…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The insurance certificate.

Article A211-4

The supporting documents provided for in articles R. 211-15, R. 211-17 (2nd paragraph) and R. 211-18 must bear one of the following headings respectively:-certificate of insurance (art. R. 211-15 of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to the digitisation of procedural documents

Article A53-7

The conversion into digital format of any document intended to be transmitted to the judicial authority or placed within the digital procedural file, is carried out under the responsibility of the lat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Members of ship and racehorse or stallion co-ownerships

Article 61 A

Les résultats à déclarer par les copropriétés mentionnées aux articles 8 quater and 8 quinquies are determined under the conditions laid down for sole traders subject to the actual profit system, befo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Sports federations

Article A131-6

With regard to the format used for publication : - the regulations must be viewable directly on screen without the need for additional software outside the browser; - they must be available for off-li…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The jury

Article A212-25

In application of article R. 212-10-3, certain certification tests may be organised remotely by means of audiovisual communication for the benefit of candidates who are geographically remote. The Regi…

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