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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: The arbitration tribunal

Article 1459

…ercial court shall have jurisdiction to hear claims made pursuant to Articles 1451 to 1454. In that case, he may apply Article 1455. The court with territorial jurisdiction is the one designated by th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special procedures for determining the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 D

…etermination of the rental value of industrial fixed assets whose ownership is, pursuant to the loi n° 2014-872 du 4 août 2014 portant réforme ferroviaire, transférée à la SNCF ou à SNCF Réseau, le pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-23

…ll cover the subjects set by the Minister of Justice in the decision provided for in Article R. 822-6, and knowledge of which is an essential condition for practising as a statutory auditor.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Va: Annual contribution on rental income

Article 234 terdecies

…e lease is granted by a company or grouping subject to the regime provided for in articles 8,8 ter, 238 ter, 239 ter to 239 quinquies, 239 septies and 239 nonies one of whose members is subject, at th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-12

…nal data collected in the course of:1° Preliminary or flagrante delicto enquiries or investigations carried out under a rogatory commission and concerning any offence punishable by at least five years…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Clarifying the encrypted data needed to establish the truth

Article 230-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles 60, 77-1 and 156, where it appears that data seized or obtained in the course of the investigation or enquiry has been subject to transformation operati…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Status of members, agents and employees of the agency

Article R232-23

…or employees. The contracts of public-sector employees are subject to the provisions of decree no. 86-83 of 17 January 1986 relating to the general provisions applicable to State contract employees ta…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other consequences

Article L232-23-5

…n with an in-competition test in individual sports, the competent federation or the organiser shall cancel the individual results obtained during the competition by the athlete who committed the viola…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1461

…anonymes de coordination entre les organismes d'habitations à loyer modéré mentioned in article L. 423-1-1 of the same code, as well as the companies or bodies referred to in articles 239 ter and 239…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers of the Board of Directors of the joint association

Article R2135-15

…stry level determined under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of I of article L. 2135-15 and according to the rule of proportional representation by the highest average. The total num…

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