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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Acts of municipal authorities and litigation

Article L2573-12

…aw no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 2131-6 law no. 2000-597 of 30 June 2000 L. 2131-7 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 L. 2131-8 to L. 2131-10 law no. 96-142 of 24 February 1996L. 2131-11law no. 20…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
9: Sanctions against third parties

Article 1740 A bis

I. - Where the tax authorities have imposed an 80% surcharge on the taxpayer on the basis of c of 1 of Article 1728, b or c of article 1729 or article 1729-0 A, any natural or legal person who, in the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-13-1

Where a contract referred to in Article R. 342-1 provides that management expenses are not fixed for a period exceeding five years, and where the insurance undertaking does not assume an investment ri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services

Article D533-15-1

I. - For the purposes of I bis of Article L. 533-13, professional clients wishing to benefit from the guarantees provided for therein shall inform the investment services provider either electronicall…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-10-1

Continuing training is compulsory for industrial property attorneys registered on the list mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 422-1. The Compagnie nationale des conseils en propriété indus…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-10-1

The undertakings mentioned in 3° of I of Article L. 310-2 are foreign undertakings having their registered office in the Swiss Confederation and mentioned in 2° and 3° of Article L. 310-1. For the app…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligation and conditions of registration

Article L211-18-1

Professionals who are not established in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and who sell or offer for sale the services menti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings conducted by the Deputy European Public Prosecutor

Article D47-1-42

…articles 187-1 and 187-2. Orders made by the Deputy European Public Prosecutor pursuant to Articles 80-1-1,87,139 and 140 and the fourth paragraph of Article 167 may be appealed by the accused under t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-54

The provisions of articles L. 225-147 and L. 22-10-53 are not applicable in the event that a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market carries out a capital increase as consid…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Foreign nationals staying as au pairs

Article R426-13

For the application of the third paragraph of article L. 426-22, standard models for the agreement and appendix are established by order of the minister responsible for immigration. The agreement sets…

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