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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to register

Article L123-36

…134-1; 3° Persons in the trades and crafts sector mentioned in the article 19 de la loi n° 96-603 du 5 juillet 1996 relative au développement et à la promotion du commerce et de l'artisanat ; 4° Les…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Clearing houses

Article R440-1

…ion at least five business days before the expiry of the periods provided for in Articles 17 to 19, 31 and 54 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 201…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Guidance contract

Article D981-4

…or in Article L. 981-6 is applicable to contributions and contributions payable by the employer and due :1. In respect of sickness, maternity, invalidity, death, old age, accidents at work and occupat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MEASURES

Article L2251-3

…pality may entrust responsibility for creating or managing it to an association governed by the loi du 1er juillet 1901 relative au contrat d'association or to any other person; it may also grant aid,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1804

…ble by a tax fine of €100 to €750, a penalty of between one and five times the value of the wine products to which the fraud relates, and confiscation of these products: - to the destruction obligatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-7-3

…France and the overseas departments, with the exception of those in the Department of Mayotte, is reduced by €588 million. In 2015, this allocation will be reduced by €1,450 million. In 2016, this all…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article L626-33

…against the plan, relates to non-compliance with the condition provided for in 4° of Article L. 626-31 or with the fifth or tenth paragraph of Article L. 626-32, the value of the debtor's business sha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Litigation

Article 1963

…to land acquired for the public highway by simple road measure under the conditions provided by the décret-loi du 26 mars 1852 relatif aux rues de Paris; 2° Aux plans, procès-verbaux, certificats, jug…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Inter-municipal equalisation fund, allocations and other revenue distributed by the local finance committee

Article L2573-53

…L. 2334-27, in the third paragraph, the words: "l'indemnité communale prévue par l'article L. 921-2 du code de l'éducation" are replaced by the words: "une indemnité aux instituteurs non logés, dont l…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article D1115-5

…f texts relating to the economic and financial control of the State and, where applicable, those of décret n° 53-707 du 9 août 1953 relatif au contrôle de l'Etat sur les entreprises publiques national…

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