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French General Tax CodeIn force
7°: Local authorities, local public bodies and local public companies

Article 1042 A

Transfers of property, rights and obligations resulting from mergers or the creation of new communes are exempt from registration duty, land registration tax and the contribution provided for in artic…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Investigation procedures in the event of an accident

Article A322-164

In addition to informing the Prefect of the département, the operator of the establishment must inform the Minister for Sport, within forty-eight hours, of any serious accident occurring in the establ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: Business formalities centres

Article A123-11

Each technical working group is chaired by an administration or recipient body designated by the strategic steering committee. It is made up of a representative of the single body and representatives…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article A431-1

The acquisition or extension of financial holdings by the caisse centrale de réassurance under the conditions provided for by the legislation in force must, notwithstanding any provisions to the contr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 8: Miscellaneous

Article A444-25

If, from the time of the customer's request, the following services are carried out within a period shorter than the reference period specified in the table below, they give rise to the collection of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 8: Miscellaneous

Article A444-24

The services listed under numbers 102 to 111 of Table 3-1 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 3-1 of article appendix 4-7) Description of service Fee 102 Rel…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 8: Miscellaneous

Article A444-28

The services listed under numbers 113 to 126 of table 3-1 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 3-1) of article appendix 4-7) Designation of service Fee 113 De…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 8: Miscellaneous

Article A444-31

The recovery or collection service listed under number 128 of table 3-1 gives rise to the collection, of an emolument set as follows:

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 8: Miscellaneous

Article A444-33

…ng up of a report stating that the addressee of the service is without known address, residence or place of work, in accordance with the provisions of article 659 of the code of civil procedure, appea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 8: Miscellaneous

Article A444-26

When the performance of the following services requires an execution time greater than the reference time specified in the table below, they give rise to the collection of an additional session fee un…

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