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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Liability insurance.

Article R124-2

…s of article L. 124-5 may not be less than ten years where the insured natural or legal person :I.- Exercises one of the following professions:1° Asset manager ;2° Court-appointed administrator and co…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compliance with company admission conditions

Article 122-9

…uropean State. The changes concerned relate to the composition of the capital, the distribution and exercise of voting rights, the procedures for appointing and dismissing members of the administrativ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-210

…g rights.In the event of a capital increase by subscription of shares for cash, the company may not exercise preferential subscription rights on its own. The General Meeting may decide not to take the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Non-voting preference shares.

Article L228-35-4

…l years or, if the Articles of Association so provide, to subsequent financial years. This right is exercised in priority to the payment of the priority dividend due in respect of the financial year.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14° : Tax reduction granted for cash subscriptions to the capital of companies and for subscriptions to shares in innovation investment funds (fonds communs de placement dans l'innovation)

Article 199 terdecies-0 AA

…ded for in c of 1 bis of I of article 885-0 V bis, as it stood on 31 December 2017, relating to the exercise of a financial, building construction or real estate activity are not applicable to solidar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Capital financing of long-term electricity supply companies

Article 238 bis HW

…the conditions set out below. These contracts reserve electricity consumption rights that cannot be exercised for a period of less than fifteen years.Authorisation can only be granted if the long-term…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVIII: Declaration of commissions, brokerage, rebates, fees, royalties, partners' remuneration and profit shares

Article 240

1. Natural persons who, in the exercise of their profession, pay commission, brokerage, commercial or other rebates, occasional or other fees, gratuities and other remuneration to third parties must d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L2123-12

…ttend training in this area.Within three months of its renewal, the town council deliberates on the exercise of its members' right to training. The municipal council may also decide to contribute to t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder or in the event of recognition of impairment of judgement

Article 706-136

…n; 4° Prohibition on carrying out a specially designated professional or voluntary activity, in the exercise of which or on the occasion of which the offence was committed or involving habitual contac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 710

All disputes relating to enforcement are brought before the court or tribunal that handed down the sentence; this court may also rectify purely material errors contained in its decisions. In consideri…

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