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Showing 52215230 of 70072 articles for Art. D 141-3 à D 141-5 · Loi 2014-856 du 31 juillet 2014 · Décret 2016-2 du 4 janvier 2016

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Keeping the register

Article ANNEXE, art. 30-7

The certificate provided for in article 69 of the local civil code is drawn up by the court registry, according to a model set by order of the Minister of Justice. It specifies the surname, first name…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Account allocated to funds held on behalf of third parties

Article A743-4

With the exception of funds or financial instruments received by the clerk of the commercial courts under Article L. 3253-15 of the French Labour Code, the deposits held in each mandatory deposit acco…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Special conditions

Article D537

Where it is not established that the victim has already been fully compensated, the sentence enforcement judge or sentence enforcement court may subject the sentenced person to the obligation to make…

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In force

Article Annexe 4-9

I. - In particular, the following services are provided by the professions concerned under the conditions set out in the third paragraph of article L. 444-1, the services listed below: 1° With regard…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-3 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 713-17 AND A. 723-23)

Article Annexe 7-3

ELECTION OF CONSULAR DELEGATESYou can consult the photos in the JO n° 244 of 20/10/2010 text number 8

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article A711-3

A member of a territorial chamber of commerce and industry who terminates his or her term of office shall submit his or her resignation to the supervisory authority.The resignation of the person conce…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe 2

ANNEX 2 MENTIONED IN ARTICLE R. 142-2 PERSONAL DATA COMMUNICATED AUTOMATICALLY THROUGH THE GLOBAL VISAS NETWORK 2 (RMV2) AUTOMATED PROCESSING, REGISTERED IN THE VISABIO AUTOMATED PROCESSING PROVIDED F…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 4 A

Persons whose tax domicile is in France are liable for income tax on all their income. Those whose tax domicile is outside France are liable for this tax solely on their French-source income.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article A761-4

Market News Service centres are responsible for collecting, processing and disseminating economic and statistical information relating to prices and volumes of transactions carried out on markets of n…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title VII: Services provided by an institution for occupational retirement provision established in a Member State of the European Community or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area other than France

Article A370-3

For the application of article L. 370-3, the provisions governing the activity of the institution and which are indicated to the competent authorities of the State concerned are those, legislative and…

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