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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds relating to ownership and transfer of ownership

Article A444-86

Certificates of ownership and other certificates or attestations recording the transfer of ownership of movable property (number 47 of table 5) give rise to the collection of:1° Where the value of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds relating to ownership and transfer of ownership

Article A444-85

The specifications (numbers 44 to 46 in Table 5) give rise to the following fees: Service number the service (table 5 of article appendix 4-7) Designation of service Fee 44 Drawing up specifications w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds relating to ownership and transfer of ownership

Article A444-88

…rate deed (number 51 in table 5) gives rise to the collection of a fee of €3.78 per reported transfer.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for registration and amendments

Article A123-81

The following are entitled to request registration in the national directory mentioned in Article R. 123-220 or modification of the information contained in the same directory: 1° The bodies mentioned…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a judicial representative

Article A812-8

For the admissibility tests, candidates may use codes and compendia of laws and decrees containing references to articles of doctrine and case law. They may also use codes or compendia of laws and dec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1-1: Competitive entrance examination to become a commercial court clerk

Article A742-8

For the admissibility tests, candidates may use codes and compendia of laws and decrees containing references to articles of doctrine and case law, excluding, however, codes annotated and commented on…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article A811-8

For the admissibility tests, candidates may use codes and compendia of laws and decrees containing references to articles of doctrine and case law. They may also use codes or compendia of laws and dec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Purposes of processing

Article A123-87

…al identification system and register of companies and establishments (SIRENE) governed by articles R. 123-220 et seq. is implemented by the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiqu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article A123-80-8

The file relating to a declaration of itinerant commercial or craft activity is kept until the date of the first anniversary of the date of renewal of the declaration or of the cessation of activity b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Advertising.

Article R5141-85-2

When permitted under article R. 5141-84, advertising of veterinary medicinal products to the public: 1° Is designed in such a way that the advertising nature of the message is obvious and the product…

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