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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Public prosecution and investigating authorities

Article A1

…es or bodies that the public prosecutor or investigating judge, as the case may be, may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 11-1, authorise to be issued with a copy of the documents of legal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIIa: Taxes levied for the benefit of communities of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation

Article 1609 quinquies C

…that is located on the territory of one or more member municipalities, and the collection of the proceeds of these taxes. I bis. - I is applicable to communities of communes which, before 31 December…

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

Article Annexe I

…F COMPANIES I. - Definition of accounting books Under the terms of the articles 59 and 60 du décret n° 85-1389 du 27 décembre 1985, la comptabilité spéciale des administrateurs judiciaires et des mand…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L613-38

…o Subsection 9 and Subsection 10 of this Section when the conditions for triggering a resolution procedure mentioned in II of Article L. 613-49 or, where applicable, in I and II of Article L. 613-49-1…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L241-1-1

Without prejudice to the award of damages, a civil fine may be imposed on a trader who, in contracts offered to or concluded with consumers or non-traders, continues to use contractual terms in identi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article R211-6

…of the school. In particular, it deliberates on 1° The school project and the multi-annual performance contract; 2° The internal regulations, the rules governing studies and the disciplinary regulatio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Additional provisions relating to preventive measures

Article L311-15

…aken with regard to a person referred to in Article L. 311-1 party to this contract, or the occurrence of any event directly linked to the application of such a measure, does not allow : 1° Exercise t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-10

In companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the corporate governance report provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 225-37 in addition to the information ment…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 bis AA

…riod of unavailability has been set at three years. However, the exemption is total when the sums received are, at the employees' request, allocated to savings plans set up in accordance with Title II…

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

Article L2331-2

…to sports meetings, circles and gaming houses as well as automatic machines installed in public places ; 4° Proceeds from communal plots allocated for burials and the share accruing to communes in th…

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