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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-159

…ferences; b) The company name or denomination followed, where applicable, by its acronym; c) In the case of a company, the legal form; d) In the case of a merger or demerger of a company, an indicatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article R123-208-2

…'action sociale et des familles, or the commune where their domicile or residence is located in the case of a natural person, or their registered office in the case of a legal entity. If the domicile,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Offences relating to declarations and documents containing information to be used for tax assessment or settlement purposes

Article 1729

…ch has been unduly obtained from the State, entail the application of a surcharge of: a. 40% in the case of deliberate failure to comply; b. 80% in the case of abuse of rights within the meaning of th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: MEASURES APPLICABLE IN THE EVENT OF AN ASYLUM APPLICATION

Article L754-5

With the exception of the cases mentioned in b and c of 2° of Article L. 542-2, the removal decision may not be enforced before the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons h…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment.

Article R131-7

The person consulting the file indicates the access code allocated to him. In the case of a proxy, the proxy must indicate his or her own access code and that of the payee of the cheque. The query inc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discriminatory refusal of care

Article R1521-1

…from among their number, for a period of three years, by : a) The Paris departmental council in the case of doctors, dental surgeons and midwives, until a territorial council of the ordre is formed fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R223-11

…the time limit provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 223-14 and by summary order in the case provided for in the fourth paragraph of the same article. These decisions are not subject to ap…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of the European arrest warrant

Article 695-20

For the cases referred to in 3° of articles 695-18 and 695-21, the request for consent shall be sent by the public prosecutor to the judicial authority of the executing Member State. It must contain,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Public auction sales.

Article L322-15

…der Article L. 322-14 as well as all those authorised or ordered by consular justice in the various cases provided for by this code are carried out by sworn goods brokers. However, it is always up to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Communication media and exchanges of information

Article R2132-10

…not commonly available, such as electronic building data modelling tools or similar tools. In this case, it shall offer one or more of the means of access mentioned in article R. 2132-14, until such…

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