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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-6

This section shall not apply: 1° In the event of the sale of the shareholding to a spouse, ascendant or descendant; 2° To companies that are the subject of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liq…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-20

Without prejudice to the possibility of issuing a bring or arrest warrant in accordance with the provisions of Article 712-17, the sentence enforcement judge and court may issue a search note designed…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies F

Companies that build or have built buildings intended to meet the obligations set out in the loi n° 96-1236 du 30 décembre 1996 sur l'air et l'utilisation rationnelle de l'énergie et par les chapitres…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 797

…es under the following conditions:1° The properties in question are undivided within a cadastral parcel;2° The total value of the properties in question is less than €5,000 when they consist of a sing…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article R950-1

…123-6 to R. 123-27Decree No. 2007-431 of 27 March 2007Article R. 123-28Decree No. 2007-1851 of 26 December 2007 Article R. 123-29Decree No. 2007-431 of 27 March 2007Article R. 123-30Decree No. 2020-11…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe 10

…lator at a court of appeal\n\t\t\tTitle category of stay\n\t\t\tLabel \n\t\t\tAPS: temporary residence permit \n\t\t\tCST: temporary residence permit \n\t\t\tCSP: multi-year residence card \n\t\t\tCR:…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Implementing provisions

Article R4313-12

…f the declaration of incorporation for partly completed machinery; 4° The location and model of the CE marking and other accompanying information; 5° The constituent parts of the technical file for ma…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Sale or provision of "snowball" services

Article L121-15

The following are prohibited: 1° The sale practised by the so-called "snowball" process or any other similar processes consisting in particular of offering goods to the public with the expectation tha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Automated national registry of legal proceedings

Article 48-1

The automated national order office for legal proceedings is an automated application, placed under the control of a magistrate, containing nominative information relating to complaints and denunciati…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 5: Dropping off passengers in mountain areas.

Article L342-30

…Article L. 363-1 of the Environment Code hereafter reproduced: "Art. L. 363-1 of the Environment Code. In mountain areas, the dropping off of passengers for l…

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