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Showing 18511860 of 2529 articles for Art. 31 oct. 1989

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, entry on the list, articles of association and registration.

Article R814-60

…pital of which is held by partners mentioned in 6° of B of I of the article 5 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 novodecies

…preceded by a financing agreement accepted by the lessee as of 28 September 2020, and no later than 31 December 2022, and which are allocated by the lessee to its commercial, industrial, craft, libera…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-1

…search or to authorise it, in the cases provided for by the Public Health Code or by Articles 28 to 31 of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures

Article L412-5

…91 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, combating corruption and modernising economic life and until 31 December 2018. The implementing rules for the indication of origin referred to in the first parag…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Central body for savings banks and banques populaires

Article L512-106

…oned in the first paragraph, may be affiliated to it under the conditions set out in article L. 511-31 of this code. The representatives of the members proposed by the chairmen of the guidance and sup…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Special provisions for gifts

Article 790 H

…inter vivos, made in full ownership and evidenced by a notarised deed signed between 1 January and 31 December 2015, of building land defined in 1° of 2 of I of Article 257 are exempt from free trans…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Entry on the roll

Article R532-32

…ench Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons was taken pursuant to Articles L. 531-24 to L. 531-31 or L. 531-32 to L. 531-35, notice is sent to the parties by any means at least fi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-26

…he meeting is recorded by him in the register provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 223-31. The register is kept at the registered office. It shall be listed and initialled, either by a ju…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article D15-2-1

…ent of his Public Prosecutor's Office, provided for in the second paragraph of article 39-1, before 31 January of the year following the year to which they relate. The information contained in these t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1245-32

…5124-9-1 which receive tissues or cells in the situations mentioned in b of 4° of article R. 1245-31 must at least assign the donation identification sequence when this sequence has not already been…

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