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Showing 29212930 of 33923 articles for Art. Décret 2015-981 du 31-7-2015

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: LOCAL SEMI-PUBLIC COMPANIES

Article D1524-7

…ble, the sector of activity to which they relate; 3° Amendments to the articles of association made during the year, keeping a record of the last five years; 4° Changes in the shareholder base made du…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-7

I. - When some of the communes of a syndicat de communes or a syndicat mixte form part of a communauté d'agglomération, by the creation of this communauté, by the merger of public establishments of in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-7

…st also inform the Autorité des marchés financiers, within a period and in accordance with the procedures set out in its general regulations, as soon as the shareholding threshold is crossed, if the c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 77-2

I.-At any time during the preliminary investigation, the public prosecutor may, where he considers that this decision is not likely to undermine the effectiveness of the investigations, inform the acc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Metropolitan France

Article L5217-7

I. - Articles L. 5215-16 to L. 5215-18, L. 5215-21, L. 5215-26 to L. 5215-29, L. 5215-40 and L. 5215-42 are applicable to metropolitan areas. For the application of article L. 5211-17, the majority co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Guaranteed representation of funds, professional civil liability, remuneration and continuing professional training.

Article R814-28-7

…res judiciaires the conditions under which they have fulfilled their continuing training obligation during the past year. The supporting documents needed to verify compliance with this obligation are…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-7

…THE ENTITY AND ITS ENVIRONMENT AND ASSESSING THE RISK OF MATERIAL MISTAKENESS IN THE ACCOUNTS Introduction 1. The statutory auditor obtains a sufficient understanding of the entity, including its int…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 787 B

…à concurrence de 75 % de leur valeur, les parts ou les actions d'une société ayant une activité industrielle, commerciale, artisanale, agricole ou libérale transmises par décès, entre vifs ou, en pl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Partitioning and similar transactions

Article 750 bis B

…of hereditary property meeting the conditions set out in II of article 750 are exempt from the 2.5% duty up to the value of properties located in Corsica.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-9

…l Code or articles L. 224-1 and L. 225-7 of the Internal Security Code, and for the exercise of the due diligence provided for in articles 706-25-7,706-25-8 and 706-25-10 of this code. Judicial police…

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