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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article L2331-2

…ed to fruits which are collected in kind; 3° Allocations charged against the payment representing entertainment tax, relating to sports meetings, circles and gaming houses as well as automatic machine…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 698-6

…onorary magistrates exercising judicial functions under the conditions set out in Section II of Chapter V bis of Ordinance no. 58-1270 of 22 December 1958 on the organic law relating to the status of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-4

…a person is placed under judicial supervision and is subject to the obligation provided for in 12° bis of Article 138. II to IV of Article 11-2 shall apply to the arrangements for transmitting and st…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R3321-2

…he Official Journal of the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy"; 10° Article R. 3126-6 is deleted; 10° bis The second paragraph of Article R. 3133-3 is only applicable if the holders of concession contra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Article L310-5

…sing the name factory outlet or factory depot in disregard of the provisions of Article L. 310-4;5° bis The failure of an exhibition centre to register or declare a programme of commercial events purs…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Public and private documents

Article 635

Must be registered within one month of their date:1. Subject to the provisions of articles 637 and 647:1° Deeds of notaries with the exception of those referred to in article 636;2° (Repealed);3° Deed…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1466 B

I.-Locations and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibition.

Article L8241-3

…to promote professional transitions or to form a business partnership or a partnership of common interest. The scheme applies : 1° For user companies, to the legal entities listed in a to g of 1 ofar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Guardianship arrangements.

Article R712-7

…ons of financial holdings in civil or commercial companies, mixed syndicates or public or private interest groupings, as well as in any person governed by public law; the creation of associations or a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Detention

Article D51

…inal Code, the prohibitions on contact or appearance provided for by 9°, 11°, 12°, 13°, 18° and 18° bis of article 132-45 of the same code, imposed by a criminal court as a penalty, a personalisation…

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