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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article D71-112-1

The following provisions shall apply to the territorial collectivity of French Guiana: 1° Le titre III du livre III de la troisième partie relatif aux recettes des départements; 2° Le chapitre III du…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article D71-114-14

The accounting officer of the local authority is solely responsible for:1° Taking all necessary steps to collect revenues, legacies and donations and other resources allocated to the service of the lo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-119-1

The bodies referred to in article L. 771-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code are exempt from the formalities provided for in articles R. 322-51 and R. 322-52. Their incorporation takes effect as…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article R613-44-11

Where opposition proceedings are suspended pursuant to the provisions of 1° of Article R. 613-44-10, they shall be resumed at the request of one of the parties forwarding to the National Institute of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-11

The standard of ethics "securing the interventions of the statutory auditor-application of the fundamental principles of behaviour", approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: Ethical standa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the opening of a branch and the exercise of the freedom to provide services.

Article L321-12

…insurance undertaking whose registered office is in France and which participates in the cover of a large risk as defined in Article L. 111-6 and situated in the European Union under a co-insurance tr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 11: Instruments reserved for small-value payments

Article L133-28

I. - A decree defines the maximum amounts of payment, expenditure or storage of funds below which payment instruments designed to guarantee compliance with these thresholds are considered to be reserv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: General obligations of traders

Article A123-11-1

I.- Electronic transmissions from the single body referred to in Article R. 123-1 to the recipient bodies and competent authorities are carried out, pursuant to Article R. 123-7 and the conditions of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 bis A

1. Is deemed to constitute distributed income subject to the withholding tax provided for in Article 2 of 119 bis any payment, up to the amount corresponding to the distribution of proceeds from units…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trade union delegate, mandated employee, employee adviser and member of the staff delegation of the inter-company social and economic committee

Article L2421-2

The procedure provided for in this sub-section also applies to an employee who holds one of the following offices: 1° Member of the board or director of a social security fund mentioned in article L.…

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