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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Failure to open secondary insolvency proceedings on the national territory

Article L692-10

I.-The jurisdiction of the court referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 13 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 shall be determined pursuant to 2° of Article L. 721-8 if the debtor carries…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 779

I. - For the collection of transfer duties free of charge, an allowance of €100,000 is made on the share of each of the ascendants and on the share of each of the children living or represented as a r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1600 A

By way of derogation from II of Article 1600, the tax due by company directors benefiting from the scheme provided for in Article L. 613-7 of the Social Security Code is calculated by applying a rate…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF ALSACE

Article L3431-6

I.-The European Collectivity of Alsace may create a development council. The development council is consulted on the draft Alsace cross-border cooperation scheme referred to in article L. 3431-1. It m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Missions

Article R1114-34

I.-The General Assembly of the National Union defines the strategy for coordinating the national network of approved associations of users of the healthcare system. The regional unions ensure, by dele…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-88

After the meeting has been called and up to and including the fifth day before the meeting, any shareholder holding registered shares may ask the company to send him, to the address indicated, the doc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: LOCAL AUTHORITY INSTITUTIONS

Article LO6223-2

The Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Council shall draw up its own rules of procedure. It elects from among its members, by secret ballot, in accordance with the provisions of these rules,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-123

The annual management report of an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities, referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 214-50, includes the following information: 1° A s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Funding bodies

Article D214-232-4

The liquid assets referred to in a of 1° of Article R. 214-218 eligible for inclusion in the assets of the securitisation undertaking are : 1° Deposits made with a credit institution whose registered…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Accounts and deposits.

Article D312-23

Where a credit institution has not established the rules provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 312-23, or where these rules are not complied with, the persons referred to in that paragrap…

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