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

Article 1599 quater C

…L. 4414-5 of the General Code of Local Authorities. The balance of this revenue is allocated to the Société du Grand Paris public body mentioned in article 7 of law no. 2010-597 of 3 June 2010 relatin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting tariffs

Article R444-18

The statistical information that may be collected pursuant to 2° of Article L. 444-5 are, for each calendar year, in particular an estimate :1° Of the total sums invested necessary for the acquisition…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1231-5

When an employee hired by a parent company has been placed at the disposal of a foreign subsidiary and an employment contract has been concluded with the latter, the parent company ensures his repatri…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-10

The nullity of the company can only result from the violation of the provisions of article 1832 and the first paragraph of articles 1832-1 and 1833, or any of the causes of nullity of contracts in gen…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Joint ventures.

Article 1872

With regard to third parties, each partner remains the owner of the assets that he makes available to the company. Assets acquired through the use or reinvestment of undivided funds during the term of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-9

The provisions of article L. 512-8 are applicable, after repayment of advances of any kind received from the central body of the caisses d'épargne et des banques populaires, to the surplus assets of a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable after registration of the European Company.

Article L2354-4

If, after the registration of the European Company, changes occur in the structure of the company, the location of its registered office or the number of employees it employs, which are likely to subs…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2371-1

This Title applies to1° Companies having their registered office in France and resulting from a cross-border merger, demerger or conversion;2° Companies participating in a cross-border merger, demerge…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-97

Regional mutual insurance companies must limit their territorial scope to the region of their registered office and to the departments of other regions if they border on the department of the register…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-35

A notice shall be drawn up by each of the companies involved in the cross-border merger informing the members, creditors and employee representatives or, failing that, the employees themselves that th…

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