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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-24

Companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market allow notification of the appointment and revocation of the agent referred to in Article R. 225-79 by electronic means.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 bis N

The remuneration paid to employees benefiting from an employment support contract or a contract for the future defined respectively in articles L. 5134-20 and L. 5134-35 of the Labour Code is exempt f…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I bis: Priority question on constitutionality

Article R*49-23

Where a plea alleging that a legislative provision infringes the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution is submitted by the accused before the president of the investigating chamber hearin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 bis U

The remuneration paid by the industrial technical centres mentioned in article L. 521-1 of the research code is exempt from payroll tax.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Cross-sectional imaging equipment used for diagnostic radiology purposes

Article D6124-231-1

The provisions of II of article D. 6124-229 do not apply to the heavy equipment mentioned in article L. 6122-14-1.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-24-1

The condition of knowledge of the French language does not apply to political refugees and stateless persons legally and habitually resident in France for at least fifteen years and aged over seventy.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-24-2

When the public prosecution for an offence that has caused harm to a victim is extinguished by the payment of a fixed fine for a misdemeanour, the victim may nevertheless ask the public prosecutor to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-24-1

When fixed-rate fines, reduced fixed-rate fines and increased fixed-rate fines apply to a legal entity, their amount is quintupled.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-24

The magistrates of the public prosecutor's office and any official of the public prosecutor's office specially authorised by the public prosecutor shall exercise the powers conferred on this magistrat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company

Article R5125-24-3

The société de participations financières de profession libérale de pharmaciens d'officine is formed subject to the condition precedent that it is entered on the register of the relevant section of th…

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