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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R774-21

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the version resulting from the decreeR. 533-1-Bn° 2021-941 of 15 July 2021R. 533-1 and R. 533-2law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013R. 533-2-2no.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Seizures without dispossession

Article 706-158

…preliminary investigation, the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, may order by reasoned decision the seizure, at the advanced expense of the Treasury, of property for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 694-20

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-20

…names of the directors deemed to be present within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article L. 225-37.The attendance register may be kept in electronic form; in this case, the register shall be s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 222-23

In the case mentioned in 1° of Article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Recording data in the directory

Article R53-21-3

The data mentioned in the previous article shall be recorded in the register by the judicial authority that ordered it, the agents of its registry or the persons authorised to assist them by virtue of

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Taxable persons - Place of taxation

Article 218

Subject to the provisions of a to f of I of Article 219, corporation tax is assessed under a single rating in the name of the legal entity or association for all of its taxable activities in France. I…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and penalties

Article R782-23

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 621-30-1n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 621-31No. 2022-110 of 1 February 2022R. 621-32 and R. 621-33n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and penalties

Article R783-23

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 621-30-1n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 621-31No. 2022-110 of 1 February 2022R. 621-32 and R. 621-33n…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Assignment of receivables as security

Article 2373-2

…en due. If this is not the case, the assignee retains them under the conditions set out in articles 2374-3 to 2374-6.

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