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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R927-2

…Article 16 of Order no. 2005-43 of 20 January 2005 is organised for the election of members of the Mayotte Chamber of Commerce and Industry under the following conditions: "I. The electoral roll comm…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260 C

…Financial Code, profits from repos carried out under the conditions provided for by articles L. 211-27 to L. 211-34 of the same code; 5° Remuneration equivalent to interest or agios, the list of which…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article 706-16

…ply to the prosecution, investigation and trial of escape offences incriminated by the articles 434-27 to 434-37 of the same code, offences of criminal conspiracy provided for in article 450-1 of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article L937-5

…nal bankruptcy and bankruptcies ; 4° Not be prohibited, in accordance with the terms of Article 131-27 of the Criminal Code, from exercising a commercial or industrial profession, from directing, admi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibited work

Article D4154-1

…1-99; 24° Carbon sulphide; 25° Tetrachloroethane; 26° Tetrachloromethane (or carbon tetrachloride); 27° Disinsectisation work on wood (spraying the product, soaking the wood, stacking or sawing impreg…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Prior possession of a long-stay visa

Article L412-2

…residence permit bearing the wording "mobile ICT seconded employee" provided for in article L. 421-27; 11° The multiannual residence permit bearing the wording "mobile ICT seconded employee (family)"…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7°: Local authorities, local public bodies and local public companies

Article 1042

…nce and having benefited from the scheme provided for in Article 67 of Finance Act no. 2008-1425 of 27 December 2008 for 2009, on the one hand, by local public companies created pursuant to Article L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freezing of assets and prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L774-43

I - Pursuant to Article 7, 8° of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004, subject to the provisions of II, III and IV, Articles L. 562-1 to L. 562-15 are applicable by operation of law in French…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The status of the sole trader

Article D526-30

…blish, at his own expense, the universal transfer of business assets provided for in article L. 526-27, in the form of a notice in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales or an anno…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operating grants without earmarking

Article L2335-3

…unt paid in 2008 for all the compensation mentioned in I to X of article 48 of law no. 2008-1425 of 27 December 2008 on the finances for 2009 and the total amount of this same compensation provided fo…

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