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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes I

Article Annexe I-2 (art. R122-4)

…areholder without the need for liquidation. TRETREAT II: CONTRIBUTIONS, SHARE CAPITAL, COMPANY SHARES. Article 7 The association, sole member, contributes to the company a cash sum of. This sum has be…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-2

…icle L. 354-1 must be of good repute and have the competence and experience required for their duties.The members of the Board of Directors or Supervisory Board of the persons mentioned in 1°, 2° and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 bis

…reased by applying flat-rate coefficients set by the Finance Act taking into account changes in rents. The coefficients provided for in the first paragraph are set: a. In respect of 1981, to 1.10 for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Notaries' fees

Article A444-179

Deeds and formalities relating to judicial partition and judicial voluntary sales give rise to the collection of fees in accordance with the table below: Description of service Fee a) Acts and formali…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Organisation of the departmental- metropolitan fire and rescue service

Article L1424-74

The Chairman of the Board of Directors is elected by an absolute majority of the votes cast by the members of the Board of Directors from among the representatives of the Rhône department and the Lyon…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of fire and rescue services in Corsica

Article L1424-81

…han the Chairman, are elected by an absolute majority of the voting members of the Board of Directors. The first and third vice-chairmen shall be of different genders to the chairman.A minimum of one…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article L143-0

…on of pension rights under the same contract may be subject to a condition of length of contributions. The sum of these two periods may not exceed three years. The acquisition of pension rights may be…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General conditions of employment, recruitment and grading

Article R113-2

…ipate in administrative, budgetary and accounting tasks and assist in the drafting of legal documents. They may also carry out certain complex tasks involving the analysis, monitoring and control of s…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-12

Officers are empowered to investigate and record: 1° Infringements of the regulatory provisions adopted pursuant to II of article L. 231-1, articles L. 231-5, L. 231-6, L. 236-1, L. 236-2 and L. 236-4…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-30

I. - To finance the operations referred to in Article L. 513-29, housing finance companies may issue bonds called housing finance bonds benefiting from the privilege defined in Article L. 513-11 and r…

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