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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The spouse, partner in a civil solidarity pact or cohabitee of the company director, working in the family business

Article L121-8

This section also applies to persons who are linked to the company director by a civil solidarity pact or who are cohabiting with the company director..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to legal entities

Article L123-11-1

…fice at the domicile of its legal representative and carry on business there, unless otherwise provided by law or contractual stipulations. Where the legal entity is subject to the law or contractual…

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Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-15

The balance sheet, profit and loss account and notes to the accounts must include as many headings and items as are necessary to give a true and fair view of the company's assets and liabilities, fina…

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Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders.

Article L123-28

…on to the provisions of articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-23, natural persons benefiting from the regime defined in article 50-0 of the General Tax Code may not prepare annual accounts. They keep a book sh…

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Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-1

…retailer co-operatives is to improve, through the joint efforts of their members, the conditions under which their members carry out their commercial activities. To this end, they may in particular c…

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Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-4-1

The articles of association of a société coopérative de commerçants may stipulate that a member wishing to sell his business, or more than 50% of the shares making up the capital of the company operat…

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Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-3

The economic interest group or company using the leasing facility is considered to be a user within the meaning of Article 5 b of Ordonnance n° 67-837 of 28 September 1967.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Administration of the collective shop

Article L125-11

The internal regulations determine the rules for ensuring a common commercial policy. They lay down the general operating conditions and, in particular: 1° Opening days and hours and, where applicable…

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Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-16-2

…it institutions and finance companies mentioned in Article L. 511-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code and to the payment institutions and electronic money institutions mentioned in Article L. 521-1 o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to register

Article L123-37

The following shall be entered in the national register of companies, or filed to be appended thereto: 1° For the persons mentioned in 1° of Article L. 123-36, all the information, deeds and documents…

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