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French General Tax CodeIn force
XIII: Tax regime for non-trading companies whose purpose is the construction of buildings with a view to sale

Article 239 ter

…le 206 are not applicable to non-trading companies created after the entry into force of law no. 64-1278 of 23 December 1964 and whose purpose is the construction of buildings with a view to sale, pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to CCI France.

Article R712-25-1

…nd financial solidarity of the chambers of commerce and industry mentioned in 10° of Article L. 711-16 is managed by CCI France through a third-party account. The allocation of the fund's income is ad…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article L331-23

…ffer access to online public communication services;- the conditions under which interested persons may exercise, with the authority, their right of access to the data concerning them in accordance wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-23

Any promoter whose civil liability is not covered by the insurance provided for in article L. 1126-8 shall be punished by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVII: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies) authorised to offer financial securities to the public

Article 239 septies

…rised to make a public offer of financial securities under the conditions set out in Article L. 214-86 of the same code, with the exception of the public offers referred to in 1° of Article L. 411-2 o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Taking sides

Article D1442-23

…cles L. 141-2 and L. 141-3 of the Code de l'organisation judiciaire and articles L. 366-1 to L. 366-9 of the Code de procédure civile are applicable to industrial tribunals and their individual member…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing the European arrest warrant.

Article 695-16

…f its own motion, in accordance with the rules and under the conditions determined by the articles 695-12 to 695-15. In the absence of a waiver of the benefit of the principle of speciality, where the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals exempt from applying for a residence permit

Article D431-19

…competent authority's decision on the application for the visa provided for in 5° of article R. 431-16 is notified to the foreign national in writing as soon as possible and at the latest within ninet…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L1525-19

Articles L. 1336-5 to L. 1336-9 of this code are applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator.

Article R663-19

…the whole of the judicial liquidation proceedings, the remuneration provided for in Article R. 663-18, as soon as he is notified of the decision appointing him and subject to payment to the registrar…

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