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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-3

…13 of the Code de la voirie (Road Code) relating to compulsory drainage and the compulsory classification of private roads in Paris, the cost of the work undertaken by the municipality to carry out t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Administrative rectification and cancellation

Article 1046

The public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction to carry out the administrative rectification of purely material errors and omissions in civil status records and the annulment of irregularly drawn…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 814-1)

Article Annexe 8-2

…l administrator.1. 2. Of the mandataire judiciaire à la liquidation des entreprises.Titre II. - Ethical principles.2. 1. Fundamental principles.2. 2. Obligations imposed on professionals by virtue of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Va: Annual contribution on rental income

Article 234 duodecies

I. - Where the tenancy is granted by a legal person or body required to file the declaration provided for in 1 of Article 223, excluding those taxed at the corporation tax rates provided for in Articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-2-2

…s for assessing and maintaining, on an ongoing basis, the amount, type and distribution of internal capital and liquid assets which they consider appropriate to cover the nature and level of risks whi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9-2

…lishments of inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status that have jurisdiction over the local urban development plan and of the municipal councils of the municipalities that have not transfe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 5-2 (Annex to Article A526-3)

Article Annexe I

…SIREN number Date of issue of this update statement (1): 31 December.... II -Update of assets allocated to the exercise of the professional activity at the end of the financial year A.-Assets (2) SH…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-15

Under conditions specified by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, the prefect of the département or, in Paris, the prefect of the police, shall communicate to sports associations and companies and to approv…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-16-1

An applicant who has not complied with the priority period instituted by Article 4 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property in respect of the National Institute of Industrial…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: On the transmission and enforcement of confiscation orders pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders

Article 713-35-1

For the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders, the competent a…

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