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French General Tax CodeIn force
Fb: Purchase of a company by its employees or by members of the seller's family

Article 732 ter

…ral business or the customer base of a sole proprietorship or shares in a company, an allowance of €300,000 is applied to the value of the business or customer base or to the fraction of the value of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-71

…any's employees and by employees of companies affiliated to it within the meaning of article L. 225-180 represent more than 3% of the company's share capital, one or more members of the supervisory bo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-7

…ptations set out in II.Article L. 1161-2 is applicable in the version resulting from Order No. 2020-1407 of 18 November 2020 on the missions of the regional health agencies.Article L. 1162-1 is applic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-7

…ns for the formation of the company has been omitted or irregularly completed, any interested party may apply to the court for an order, subject to a fine, to regularise the formation. The public pros…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Sociétés en commandite par actions.

Article L226-7

The manager is vested with the broadest powers to act in all circumstances on behalf of the company. In dealings with third parties, the company is bound even by acts of the manager that do not fall w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Work release, semi-liberty, temporary absences and escorted absences

Article 723-3

…y leave has been granted to a convicted adult by the sentence enforcement judge pursuant to article 712-5, subsequent temporary absences may, unless otherwise decided by this magistrate, be granted by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-49

If the public prosecutor refuses to approve the adaptation proposal that he has made, he may either submit a new request to the president of the judicial court or the judge delegated by him, submittin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-19

…opy of the sentencing decision and the original or a copy of the certificate referred to in article 728-12 and, where applicable, a copy of the record of the hearing of the convicted person and the re…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Therapeutic use exemptions

Article R232-74

…red himself to be an "international level athlete" in the form provided for in 1° of article D. 232-73, it informs him that this application must be sent to the International Federation to which he be…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibition on entering or being in the vicinity of a venue where a sporting event is taking place

Article R332-7

…the ban, to summonses from any authority or qualified person designated by the Prefect.The Prefect may communicate this information to supporters' associations.

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