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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 G

…communal rate applied in 2020 and the rate applied in 2014 for the benefit of the Rhône department. II.-The reference rate of property tax on built properties for the Lyon metropolis relating to the y…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Promissory notes.

Article L512-1

…e is subscribed; 7° The signature of the person issuing the security referred to as the subscriber. II. - A promissory note whose maturity is not indicated is deemed to be payable at sight. III. - In…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Criteria and procedures for funding the professional transition project

Article R6323-14-4

…itional funding paid to the regional inter-professional joint committee by the funders mentioned in II of article L. 6323-4.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Joint ventures

Article R422-50

The formation of a joint venture of industrial property attorneys referred to in Title II of the loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 shall give rise to the insertion of a notice in a newspaper authoris…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-15

…l Rapporteur may authorise agents of that authority to be present during the acts of investigation. II.-The General Rapporteur may initiate an investigation in order to respond to requests for assista…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-4

…blic highway or in places accessible to the public; 2° Visually inspecting luggage or searching it. II.-For the application of 1° of I of this article, II of article 78-2-2 shall apply. Pending instru…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L311-23

…solution procedure. Private persons include the holders of equity securities referred to in Chapter II of Title I of Book II of the Monetary and Financial Code or other ownership securities, policyhol…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-2-4

…hall appoint one or more statutory auditors to carry out the duties defined in Section 2 of Chapter III of Title II of Book VIII of the Commercial Code, under conditions defined by regulation.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 bis

…Commercial Code, and the subscription or purchase price of this share is taxed as salary and wages. II. When the purchase price of the shares offered under the conditions provided for in I is less tha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IX: Relations between prisoners and the outside world

Article R57-8-7

…on of the judicial authority, under the conditions determined by the provisions of Title IV of Book III of the code pénitentiaire, in particular: 1° those of Chapter I, as regards visits; 2° those of…

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