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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all national interest markets

Article A761-16

A technical advisory committee is set up under the market manager, who provides its secretariat and sets the agenda for its meetings. It comprises a maximum of twenty-five members. It is made up of re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Temporary open-ended employment contract

Article L1251-58-4

…ection and with the exception of Articles L. 1251-14, L. 1251-15, L. 1251-19, L. 1251-26 to L. 1251-28, L. 1251-32, L. 1251-33 and L. 1251-36.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 quater

…d pensions mentioned in 1 and 5 of Article 12 of Decision of the European Parliament 2005/684/EC of 28 September 2005 adopting the Statute for Members of the European Parliament subject to the Europea…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Effects of extradition

Article 696-34

…does not apply where the person claimed waives it under the conditions provided for in articles 696-28 and 696-40 or where the French Government gives its consent under the conditions set out in artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Subscription of shares

Article L214-94

…units in excess of 10% must be justified by the management company and notified to the Autorité des marchés financiers under conditions set by order of the Minister responsible for the economy.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Cooperation and exchanges of information for the purposes of supplementary surveillance

Article L633-6

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and, where applicable, the Autorité des marchés financiers shall cooperate with the competent authorities responsible for the supervision of regula…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-91

…pproval of the dissolution of the real estate collective investment undertaking by the Autorité des marchés financiers, the 20% limit mentioned in article R. 214-85 , the 20% ratio mentioned in articl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions specific to the overseas collectivities governed by Article 74 of the Constitution and New Caledonia

Article 33

…l de grande instance" are replaced by the words: "tribunal de première instance"; 2° In Articles 21-28 and 21-29, the words: "in the department" are replaced by the words: "in the collectivity" or "in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the sale by auction of an immovable property

Article R742-32

Within fifteen days of the publication of the judgment made pursuant to Article R. 742-28 or, where applicable, a reference to the judgment issued pursuant to article R. 742-31 alongside the copy of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Accounting records

Article L2343-1

Subject to the provisions of Article 201 of Law No. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 on finance for 2019, the commune's accountant is solely responsible for executing receipts and expenditure, for pursui…

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