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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-11-2

Services other than the certification of accounts that are not mentioned in II of Article L. 822-11 and in I of article L. 822-11-1 may be provided by the statutory auditor or the members of the netwo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation and swearing-in of agents

Article R331-2

The authorisation referred to in Article L. 331-14 is issued individually by the chairman of the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique to public employees of the author…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General procedural rules

Article R331-28

When a case is referred to the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique pursuant to Articles L. 137-4, L. 219-4 and L. 331-29 to L. 331-31, the Chairman may, on his own in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition

Article R613-44-7

The Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property shall decide on the opposition in the light of all the written and oral observations submitted by the parties and the latest propo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tests and analyses

Article R512-36

The State laboratory referred to in Article R. 512-31, draws up, as soon as its work is completed, or as soon as it receives the results of the analyses or tests entrusted to the laboratories authoris…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Mediation of consumer disputes

Article R612-1

The mediation of consumer disputes referred to in 5° of Article L. 611-1 meets the following requirements: 1° It is easily accessible by electronic means or by ordinary mail to all parties, consumer o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Referral to the commission de surendettement des particuliers (household over-indebtedness commission)

Article R721-5

The letter by which the commission refers the matter to the judge pursuant to the first paragraph of article L. 721-4 indicates the surnames, first names and address of the debtor as well as those of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Construction. Housing

Article 1052

I. - Subject to the provisions of I of l'article 827 (1), the deeds required for the constitution and dissolution of low-cost housing bodies as defined in Book IV of the Construction and Housing Code…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 quinquies C

With the approval of the municipality or the local authority responsible for inter-municipal cooperation, in accordance with the conditions set out in I of Article 1639 A bis, the property tax base fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1636 C

The rates of the additional taxes levied for the benefit of the public establishments mentioned in articles L. 321-1 and L. 324-1 of the town planning code are, subject to Article 1636 B octies and th…

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