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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-15

…1414-1 ;8° A schedule showing the debt relating to the investment portion of partnership contracts;9° The statement of changes in assets provided for in Article L. 3213-2;10° Other statements relatin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Management entrusted to private-law bodies by agreement or convention.

Article L5427-1

…on behalf of this body. Collection of the contributions referred to in 1° to 3° of Article L. 5422-9 and Article L. 5422-11 is carried out on behalf of this body by the unions for the collection of s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets

Article R128-6

…lly authorised by the Director General;j) The civil servants and agents mentioned in Article L. 222-9 of the Energy Code.2° Pursuant to 4° of the same article: staff of the departmental and regional c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Identification and verification of the identity of occasional customers

Article R561-10

…bets or wins sums equal to or greater than 2,000 euros per transaction for the persons mentioned in 9° bis of Article L. 561-2; 7° A gambling operation or related operations paid for in cash or electr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L221-1

I. - For the purposes of this Title, the following are deemed to be: 1° Distance contract: any contract concluded between a trader and a consumer, under an organised distance sales or service-provisio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 54 septies

I. - Companies placed under one of the regimes provided for by 5 bis, 5 ter and 7 to 7 ter of Article 38, Article 38 septies, IIa of Article 208 C and articles 151 octies, 151 octies A, 151 octies B,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278-0 bis A

I.-Religible for the reduced rate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 278-0 bis are energy renovation services that meet the following conditions: 1° They are carried out in premises that ha…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions applicable to Wallis and Futuna

Article A423-1

I.-The Wallis and Futuna Regional Sports Conference is made up of four colleges: 1° The college of State representatives comprises : a ) The Prefect of Wallis and Futuna or his/her representative; b )…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-13

Before granting approval to a financial holding company, a parent undertaking of a finance company or a mixed financial holding company, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall veri…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter XI: Organisations authorised to conclude contracts that may be extended to rightsholders who are not members of the organisation

Article R329-13

…the modes of exploitation mentioned in II of Article L. 122-5-4, Article L. 137-2-1 or Article L. 139-1; 2° Demonstrates, through the composition of its deliberative and management bodies, the diversi…

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