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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Administrative police measures

Article R784-7

…om the decreeR. 612-30n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-30-1No. 2014-1357 of 13 November 2014R. 612-31n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-31-1n° 2017-293 of 6 March 2017R. 612-31-2n° 2018-179 of 13 Marc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D6523-2-3

In the statistical and financial statement provided for in article R. 6332-31, the skills operators authorised in application of article D. 6523-2-1 mention, for the local authority or authorities con…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Sociétés en commandite par actions.

Article R226-2

The provisions of articles R. 225-30, R. 225-31 and R. 22-10-17 are applicable to the agreements referred to in article L. 226-10. The opinion provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 225-30…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
A. - Reduction of the penalty in the event of voluntary payment.

Article D48-33

…Directorate General of Public Finance at the same time as the notice provided for in Article D. 48-31. These statements are sent under the simplified dispatch note provided for in the second paragrap…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L775-23

…the Wallis and Futuna Islands shall apply the provisions relating to managers;3° In Article L. 532-31, the words: marketed in the European Union are deleted;4° In Article L. 532-32, the first paragra…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Obligations of employers and debtors

Article 89

…l be filed by the heirs within six months of the death. This period may not, however, extend beyond 31 January of the following year.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-7

…nces of wilful and involuntary bodily harm and sexual assault provided for in articles 222-9 to 222-31-2 of the Penal Code when they are punishable by a prison sentence of more than five years, the pu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVIII: Declaration of commissions, brokerage, rebates, fees, royalties, partners' remuneration and profit shares

Article 241

…this, the declaration is filed with the body or administration designated by decree, no later than 31 January of the calendar year following that during which these sums were paid or, by derogation,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-33

…écitée, les autorités concédantes de la distribution d'électricité visées au I de l'article L. 2224-31 may develop, operate directly or have operated by their electricity distribution concessionaire a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Crédit Mutuel.

Article R512-19

…latter, under the conditions and with the same consequences as those provided for in Article L. 511-31.

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