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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 74

…th shall be opened. Within this framework and for these purposes, the acts provided for by articles 56 to 62 may be carried out, under the conditions provided for by these provisions. At the end of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L1337-1-1

…article L. 512-1 of the Mining Code and in article 141 of the Mining Code as amended by decree no. 56-838 of 16 August 1956 on the Mining Code and the texts which have supplemented or amended it, are…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-179

…case, the provisions of the second and fourth paragraphs of article L. 225-177 and article L. 22-10-56 are applicable. In addition, the share price on the day the option is granted may not be less tha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 217 quinquies

…chase options granted to their employees pursuant to Articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-184 and L. 22-10-56 of the French Commercial Code and as a result of the free allocation of shares pursuant to Articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-20

…006/43/EC of 17 May 2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended by Directive 2014/56/EU. These agreements may only concern exchanges of information and documents relating to the stat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Provisional profit and loss account for training schools and institutes.

Article R6145-59

…tariffs serving as a basis for invoicing the products mentioned in c and d of 2° of article R. 6145-56 for the coming financial year and proposals for the operating expenditure and revenue of these sc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 77-1-1

…gainst them without legitimate reason. Where the requisitions concern persons mentioned in Articles 56-1 to 56-5, the information may only be provided with their consent.If the person fails to respond…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article R811-3

…ception of articles R. 326-1 to R. 326-7;Articles R. 323-1, R. 323-5, R. 324-1, R. 331-32-1, R. 331-56, R. 331-59, R. 331-60, R. 331-62 and R. 331-74 bis are applicable in their wording resulting from…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Establishment and purpose.

Article L2372-1

Employee participation is implemented in accordance with Articles L. 225-28 to L. 225-56 and L. 225-79 to L. 225-93, L. 22-10-8 to L. 22-10-17 and L. 22-10-23 to L. 22-10-30 of the French Commercial C…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Taxes specific to resorts

Article L2333-55-3

…e amount of the tax credit is deducted from the levies mentioned in articles L. 2333-54 and L. 2333-56, due in respect of the expired gaming season during which the quality artistic events took place.…

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