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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-22

…he individual limited liability entrepreneur requests, via the single body mentioned in article R. 123-1, his removal from the special register mentioned in Article R. 526-15 indicating the date of ce…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Information on business papers.

Article R123-238

…ny and intended for third parties, in particular letters, invoices, advertisements and various publications, shall state the company name, immediately and legibly preceded or followed by: 1° For gener…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVII bis : Legal entities liable to corporation tax whose purpose is to transfer the use of movable or immovable property to their members free of charge

Article 239 octies

…s governing industrial and commercial profits.These provisions do not apply to legal entities which carry out revenue-generating transactions with third parties, unless these are ancillary transaction…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 8: Family members of foreign nationals holding a multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "talent passport", "talent passport - European Blue Card", "talent passport - researcher" or "talent passport - researcher - mobility programme".

Article L421-22

…ears old, the spouse of the foreign national mentioned in articles L. 421-9 to L. 421-11 and L. 421-13 to L. 421-21 will be issued with a multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording "talent (fam…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 156

…me available to each tax household. This net income is determined having regard to the property and capital owned by the members of the tax household designated in 1 and 3 of article 6, the profession…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-44

This chapter shall not apply where the purpose of real-time geolocation operations is to locate electronic communication terminal equipment, a vehicle or any other object whose lawful owner or possess…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 7: Suspension of proceedings and difficulties of service

Article A444-23

…in particular in the absence of the occupier of the premises or if the occupier refuses access 20.22 € 99 Deed attesting to the discovery of the addressee's new address outside the bailiff's jurisdi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-22

…ACTICE STANDARD CONCERNING INFORMATION RELATING TO PREVIOUS FINANCIAL YEARS Introduction 1. The indication of information relating to previous financial years in the accounts for the past financial ye…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Single staff register

Article D1221-23

…the single personnel register for each employee, as mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 1221-13, are as follows: 1° Nationality; 2° Date of birth; 3° Sex; 4° Job; 5° Qualifications; 6° Date…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article 151

…dge of his court, any examining magistrate or any officer of the judicial police, who shall in this case notify the public prosecutor, to carry out the acts of information that he considers necessary…

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