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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R743-84

…for by articles 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19 and 20 of the loi n° 66-879 du 29 novembre 1966 relative aux sociétés civiles professionnelles, concernant respectivement la dénomination sociale, la répartition…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Drawing up and maintaining lists

Article R822-16

The statutory audit firms mentioned in article L. 822-1-4 file or send, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, an application for registration with the Haut conseil du commissariat aux…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1668

1. Corporation tax gives rise to the payment, to the competent public accountant, of quarterly instalments determined on the basis of the results of the last closed financial year. The total amount of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-17

…ntioned in 5° of article L. 831-1 of the French Construction and Housing Code. Housing owned by the Société nationale immobilière or its subsidiaries that belonged to the company ICADE on 1 January 20…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Rules of conduct

Article L522-5

I.-Prior to taking out or subscribing to a contract as referred to in article L. 522-1, the intermediary or the insurance or capitalisation undertaking shall specify in writing the requirements and ne…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article L3332-11

The sums paid annually by one or more companies for an employee or a person mentioned in article L. 3332-2 constitute the employer's contribution and may not exceed a ceiling set by regulation for pay…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3661-3

The chapters of the budgets voted by nature correspond:a) Investment section :- to each of the two-digit accounts in classes 1 and 2 open to the nomenclature by nature, with the exception of the accou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Budgetary and accounting provisions

Article D4425-31

I.-For the application of article D. 4425-30: a) The population to be taken into account is the sum of the total populations, municipal and counted separately, of the Corsican local authority, as it r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article D5217-4

The chapters of the budgets voted by nature correspond:a) Investment section:- to each of the two-digit accounts in classes 1 and 2 open to the nomenclature by nature, with the exception of the accoun…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article D71-111-3

The chapters of budgets voted by nature correspond:a) Investment section:- to each of the two-digit accounts in classes 1 and 2 open to the nomenclature by nature, with the exception of the accounts "…

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