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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation and referral

Article R1454-10

The conciliation and referral office hears the parties' explanations and endeavours to reconcile them. A report is drawn up.In the event of total or partial conciliation, the report mentions the conte…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-106

…e notified to the company and to each of the members in one of the forms provided for in article R. 743-99.The terms of this allocation are governed for the remainder by the provisions of articles R.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Actual turnover system

Article 267

…ncluded in the taxable amount:1° Taxes, duties and levies of any kind except value added tax itself.2° Expenses ancillary to the supply of goods or services such as commission, interest, packaging, tr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope and implementation.

Article L2341-10

…the Community-scale group of undertakings shall initiate the negotiations referred to in Article L. 2342-1 on his own initiative or at the written request of at least one hundred employees or their re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: General Meeting

Article L214-103

…of the end of the financial year to approve the accounts. The Public Prosecutor or any shareholder may apply to the President of the competent court, acting in summary proceedings, to order the direc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-19

Release may be requested at any time from the Investigating Chamber in accordance with the forms set out in articles 148-6 and 148-7. The claimant's lawyer is summoned by registered letter with acknow…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of supporters' associations

Article D224-10

…cation is made by a supporters' association whose registered office is in Paris, the Police Prefect may request the opinion, for information purposes, of the sports association, the sports company, th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-10

…e, except where the concordant deliberations of the municipal councils taken pursuant to Article L. 2113-2 have excluded their creation.However, at the request of the municipal council of a municipali…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Enforcement of prison sentences

Article 627-19

…he examination cannot be carried out immediately, the person is taken to the prison where he or she may not be held for more than twenty-four hours. On expiry of this period, he or she will be brought…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-10

…the terms and conditions of sale or agreed between the parties, the period for payment of sums due may not exceed thirty days after the date of receipt of the goods or performance of the service requ…

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