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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents

Article A123-68

Subject to the provisions of Article R. 123-154-1, the Institut national de la propriété industrielle and the Registries shall issue information on accounting documents in the form of copies or commun…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents

Article A123-69

For the application of article R. 123-151 cannot be used as search criteria: 1° The capacity of persons; 2° Decisions taken in safeguard, reorganisation and judicial liquidation proceedings imposing p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Overseas departments, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R6152-69

Notwithstanding the provisions of 1° of article R. 6152-35, practitioners carrying out their duties in a public health establishment located in an overseas department, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 62

People against whom there is no plausible reason to suspect that they have committed or attempted to commit an offence shall be heard by the investigators without being subjected to a measure of restr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Applications to suspend enforcement of the sentence

Article 625

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Costs.

Article 695

The costs relating to proceedings, deeds and enforcement procedures include:1° Duties, taxes, fees or emoluments collected by the registries of the courts or the tax authorities, with the exception of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Special schemes for trade and industry

Article 699

Exchanges relating to all or part of mines under concession or lease with a view to rationalising their exploitation and increasing their productivity benefit from the tax regime laid down by Article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 64

I.-The judicial police officer shall draw up a report mentioning: 1° The reasons justifying the placement in police custody, in accordance with 1° to 6° of l'article 62-2 ; 2° The duration of the hear…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Transfers and other transactions resulting from verbal agreements

Article 639

…res, founders' shares and profit shares in companies whose corporate rights are not traded on a regulated financial instruments market within the meaning of Article L. 421-1 of the Monetary and Financ…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Effects of the appeal in cassation.

Article 626

In the event of cassation followed by referral of the case to a court, that court shall be designated and shall rule, where appropriate, in accordance with Article L. 431-4 of the Code of Judicial Org…

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