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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-206

…company of its own shares is authorised under the terms and conditions set out in articles L. 225-207 to L. 225-217, L. 22-10-62, L. 22-10-64 and L. 22-10-65. Purchases of shares by a person acting on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award conditions relating to the employee

Article R5123-29

…e has : a) either completed fifteen years of assembly-line work within the meaning of c) of article 70-3 of the decree of 29 December 1945 as amended by decree no. 76-404 of 10 May 1976 or work in suc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-8

For the application of 2° of article L. 214-24-23, articles D. 214-32-7-5 to D. 214-32-7-7 and articles D. 214-32-7-13 to D. 214-32-7-15 are applicable to the AIF or its management company.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article R3551-6-1

…Mayotte and volunteer firefighters who, subject to specific rules laid down pursuant to Law No. 96-370 du 3 mai 1996 relative au développement du volontariat dans les corps de sapeurs-pompiers, ne peu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article A750-3

…information recorded in connection with the investigation of cases are set out in Table A of Annex 7-7. The categories of information recorded under the census and control mission of authorised areas…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVI: Leasing transactions

Article 239 sexies D

…rm of at least fifteen years. These provisions apply to transactions entered into between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 2015 for the leasing, under a leasing contract, of buildings located in regiona…

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

Article 696-40

When the French Government has obtained the extradition of a person pursuant to the Convention of 27 September 1996 relating to Extradition between the Member States of the European Union, the person…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 286 quater

…ities of materials used and processed products delivered. 2. (Repealed with effect from 1st January 1996). 3. Service providers, other than processors, who carry out work and valuations relating to ta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Fire and rescue services

Article R1424-1

…irefighters who, subject to specific rules laid down in application of article 23 of the loi n° 96-370 du 3 mai 1996 relative au développement du volontariat dans les corps de sapeurs-pompiers, ne peu…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for local authorities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution

Article R591-8

The adaptations to Articles R. 531-2, R. 531-4, R. 531-5, R. 531-6, R. 531-7, R. 531-11 and R. 531-17, provided for in 1° to 7°of Article R. 591-7, apply to asylum applications registered in French Gu…

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