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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-18

…overing the contribution, penalty payments and sanctions provided for in Articles L. 612-20, L. 612-25 and L. 612-39 to L. 612-41 is designated by order of the Minister responsible for the budget.III.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-142-6

…condary establishment and the second where the number of creditors of the company concerned exceeds 25.II.- If the main establishment and the secondary establishment of the company concerned are not t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Article R910-1

…R. 123-219, D. 145-12 to D. 145-19, D. 146-1 and D. 146-2;2° Articles R. 229-1 to R. 229-26 and R. 252-1 ;3° Articles R. 490-5 to R. 490-10;4° Articles R. 522-1 to R. 522-25;5° Articles R. 611-23-1,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article R5832-1

…5211-43" are replaced by the words: "aux 1° et 3° de l'article L. 5211-43"; 4° A l'article R. 5211-25, le c et le d sont remplacés par un c ainsi rédigé: " c) Two general councillors appointed by the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and scope of application

Article L612-1

…without prejudice to the powers conferred on the Single Resolution Board by Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2014.For the implementation of the sin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 237 bis A

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French General Tax CodeIn force
01 : Payment in full discharge for sole traders

Article 151-0

…r preceding the year in respect of which the option is exercised. This limit is increased by 50% or 25% respectively per additional half or quarter share;3° They are subject to the scheme provided for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 ter

When a leasing company leases a business, a craft business or one of their non-depreciable intangible elements or shares in commercial companies that are not negotiable on a regulated market under the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L441-2

For the application of this book in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The civic training mentioned in 1° of article L. 413-3 includes a section relating t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-62

The Director General of the National Mountain Sports School prepares the work and implements the decisions of the Board of Directors. He represents the school in all civil acts. He is authorised to ta…

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