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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-23

…counting records may only be ordered in court in matters of succession, community, company division and in the event of receivership or liquidation.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-22

Accounting documents are drawn up in euros and in the French language. Accounting documents and supporting documents are kept for ten years. Accounting documents relating to the recording of transacti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-24

All traders are required to open an account with a credit institution or a postal cheque office.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-20

…his business. Even if there is no or insufficient profit, the necessary depreciation, amortisation and provisions must be made. Liabilities that arose during the financial year or a previous financia…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Taxable persons - Place of taxation

Article 218

Subject to the provisions of a to f of I of Article 219, corporation tax is assessed under a single rating in the name of the legal entity or association for all of its taxable activities in France. I…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Content of technical specifications

Article R2311-2

The provisions of articles R. 2111-4 and R. 2111-5 apply.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Consultation of voters.

Article D1821-2

I. - Article R. 1112-18 is applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptation provided for in II.II. - The reference to Article R. 1112-1 is replaced by the reference to Article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Development allowance and equalisation allowance for overseas municipalities

Article L2334-23-2

…he ratio between the per capita financial potential of all the communes in the overseas departments and the per capita financial potential of the commune. The financial potential taken into account in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Rules specific to legal mortgages attached to sentencing judgments

Article 2401

…awards bearing the exequatur as well as judicial decisions rendered by the courts of another State and enforceable in France.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: General rules applicable to other public contracts with the exception of those relating to the public rail passenger transport service

Article R2521-2

…t to the rules relating to payment periods set out in Section 2 of Chapter II of Title IX of Book I and in Article R. 2112-5.

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