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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-25

…st one month before the expiry of the period provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 223-31. During this period, the inventory is kept at the registered office at the disposal of the sole s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Simplified exchange of information between departments pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 18 December 2006

Article R49-39

…vided for in articles 695-9-39 to 695-9-42, the departments and units mentioned in Article R. 695-9-31 shall inform the competent department of the requesting State. In the case provided for in Articl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Placement under house arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-15

…cles 763-12 of this code and R. 544-18 et seq. of the Penitentiary Code. Articles R. 61-21 to R. 61-31-1 are applicable, with the investigating judge exercising the powers of the sentence enforcement…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 6: Housing Solidarity Fund (R)

Article R1614-40-2

…of the housing solidarity fund, the local funds created pursuant to article 7 of Act no. 90-449 of 31 May 1990 as amended and the associations authorised to grant aid from the fund, relating to their…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: State property transferred to the assets of the Corsican regional authority

Article R4422-36

In application of article L. 4424-7 ownership: a) Buildings listed or registered under the law of 31 December 1913 relating to historic monuments and archaeological sites, belonging to the State, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article A741-1

…rcial courts with a staff of 25 to 30 judges: 1 or 2 agents;2° In commercial courts with a staff of 31 judges to 40 judges: 2 or 3 agents;3° In commercial courts with a staff of 41 judges to 60 judges…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Assembly and dismantling of lifts.

Article R4543-26

…method takes particular account of the documentation and information provided for in Article R. 134-31 of the French Construction and Housing Code.During all phases of dismantling a lift, the stabilit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Right to leave

Article D7121-36

To benefit from continuous annual leave, in application of article D. 7121-31, the employee must send the paid leave fund the certificates he has received from his employer or successive employers. Th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article R2314-1

In the absence of stipulations in the agreement provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 2314-1, the number of members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee provided fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Levy on income from capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125-0 A

…t is equal to or greater than six years for bonds or contracts taken out between 1 January 1983 and 31 December 1989 and eight years for bonds or contracts taken out from 1 January 1990, the following…

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