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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Events and meetings subject to declaration

Article A331-17

…1° The name, postal and electronic addresses and contact details of the organiser and, where applicable, of the person appointed as technical organiser; 2° The title of the event, the date, the circ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L626-1

Where there is a serious possibility that the company can be safeguarded, the court will draw up a plan to this end, which will put an end to the observation period. The safeguard plan includes, where…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article L653-8

In the cases provided for in articles L. 653-3 to L. 653-6, the court may order, instead of personal bankruptcy, a ban on directing, managing, administering or controlling, directly or indirectly, eit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-10

…endence of chartered accountants and under the conditions set out in the third paragraph of article 22 of order no. 45-2138 of 19 September 1945 establishing the Ordre des Experts Comptables and regul…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 I ter

…r the tax exemption scheme provided for by articles 238 bis HA and 238 bis HD as drafted by Article 22 of the Amending Finance Act for 1986 (no. 86-824 of 11 July 1986). The benefit of the exemption i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Hearings

Article R532-32

Notice of the hearing is sent to the parties at least thirty days before the day on which the case is due to be heard.For cases covered by Article L. 532-7 where the decision of the French Office for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Unavailability of sums, early release and liquidation.

Article L3332-25

Except in the cases listed in the Conseil d'Etat decree provided for in article L. 3324-10, shares or units acquired on behalf of employees and former employees are delivered to them at the end of a m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-4

When an application for placement under house arrest with electronic surveillance is referred to him or when he is considering imposing such a measure, the investigating judge or the liberty and custo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations

Article L764-1

…ly in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article L775-34

…hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Article applicable In the wording resulting from L…

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