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

Article L123-25

…Article L. 123-12, individuals placed by option or by right under the simplified actual tax regime may only record receivables and payables at the end of the financial year and not draw up any notes.…

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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 L121-5

…listed as belonging to the trade and craft sector in the national register of companies or a trader may not, without the express consent of his spouse, where the latter participates in his professiona…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article L123-10

…clare the address of their business and prove that they are entitled to use it. In particular, they may domicile their company in premises occupied jointly by several companies under conditions laid d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article L331-19

…lective management organisations;- the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.The authority may also act on the basis of information forwarded to it by the public prosecutor or on the basis of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Automatic provisional enforcement

Article 514-3

In the event of an appeal, the matter may be referred to the first president in order to halt the provisional enforcement of the decision where there is a serious plea for annulment or reversal and en…

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

Article 2-21

…e purpose is the study and protection of the heritage defined in Article L. 1 of the Heritage Code, may exercise the rights granted to civil parties in respect of the offences punishable under Article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-3

…icable to contraventions. The duration of the deprivation of the driving licence or hunting licence may not exceed three months, the duration of unpaid work may not exceed thirty hours, within a maxim…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval of training centres

Article R211-88

…meet at least one of the criteria set out in the specifications, or for any serious reason.Approval may, however, be maintained for a period which may not exceed the remaining term of the approval and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L151-3

…re of the above activities and investments subject to authorisation.II. - Any authorisation granted may be subject to conditions designed to ensure that the planned investment does not undermine the n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8

…he units of which are issued and redeemed at the request of subscribers or unitholders, as the case may be, and at the net asset value plus or minus fees and commissions, as the case may be. The provi…

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