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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article R151-2

…conomic Area that has signed an administrative assistance agreement with France to combat fraud and tax evasion and who is domiciled in one of these States, or to an entity in which all the members of…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Points scale for works of fiction

Article 211-10

For cinematographic works in the fiction genre, points are divided into five groups as follows: I.-Language of Filming" group 1° A maximum of 20 points is allocated to the "Language of Filming" group;…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L354-1

For the application of this chapter in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° The words: "30,000 euros" are replaced by the words: "3,580,000 CFP francs"; 2° The words:…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article D22-10-16

…t of the h) The estimated amount of the annuity at the end of the financial year; i) The associated tax and social security charges; ii) The amount of the annuity at the end of the financial year. i)…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 487

…s and the documents necessary to continue it or to ensure the liquidation of the protected person's estate.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Redemption option.

Article 1672

…the case where the thing sold has been divided between them.But if there has been a division of the estate and the thing sold has fallen to the lot of one of the heirs, the action for redemption may b…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-8

…by the territorial public establishment is equal to the sum of the levies borne in 2015 by the own-tax groupings that pre-existed it;b) The remainder of the levy for each inter-municipal grouping is…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions specific to the modality: "external radiotherapy, brachytherapy".

Article D6124-133

…re activity, or by several radiotherapy sites belonging to the same holder of this authorisation, a protocol specifies the conditions for setting the weekly schedules for the presence of these teams a…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The National Commission for Commercial Development.

Article R751-6

The four members mentioned in 6° of article L. 751-6 are appointed on the respective proposals of the presidents of the Association des maires de France, the Assemblée des communautés de France, the A…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-6-1

…representative in France or the person with the power to bind it there, the report relating to the tax on profits provided for in Article L. 232-6. II.-The companies mentioned in I are those which me…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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