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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Governance

Article L224-21

The plan rules set out the list of assets to which payments may be allocated. Where this list includes assets other than units in the company mutual funds mentioned in article L. 214-164, the plan rul…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Surety bonds

Article R23-2

The Public Prosecutor's Office, of its own motion or at the request of the civil parties, shall produce to the departments of the Directorate General of Public Finances, which are responsible for the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-223

The following information is also entered in the register: 1° For each legal unit and each of its establishments, the code characterising the main activity carried out with reference to the French nom…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 bis

Value added tax is levied at the reduced rate of 10% in respect of supplies of the following products:1° (Repealed);2° (Repealed);3° (Repealed);3° bis The following products:a) firewood;b) agglomerate…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: List of ad hoc administrators

Article R53-2

In order for a legal entity to be registered on a list of ad hoc administrators, proof must be provided: 1° That the managers of the legal entity meet the conditions laid down in 4° and 5° of the prec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and activities

Article R5126-20

An in-house pharmacy may have legal entities mentioned in article L. 4211-5 provide the following services under the conditions laid down in that article: 1° The supply of gases for medical use to pat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Instructions and packaging.

Article R5133-2

The immediate packaging and the outer packaging, within the meaning of Article R. 5121-1, include the following information written in French for the user: 1° The name of the reagent ; 2° The name and…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Administrative penalties, precautionary measures and other consequences

Article L232-21

Violation of the provisions of this Title may result in one or more of the following consequences for the offender: 1° The suspension defined in 2° of I of article L. 232-23; 2° The financial penaltie…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Issue of decisions

Article L613-2

Decisions relating to the refusal and end of the period of voluntary departure provided for in Articles L. 612-2 and L. 612-5 and decisions relating to the prohibition of return and the extension of t…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Seizable assets

Article R112-2

For the application of 5° of Article…

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