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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-26

…sented in a clear and comprehensible manner within the corporate governance report mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 225-68. The content and procedures for disclosing the remuneration poli…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1465

…es to the net increase in tax bases resulting from the new fixed assets assessed in relation to the last year preceding the operation or in relation to the average of the last three years, whichever i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article R210-21

…hen the company employs, on an annual basis, fewer than fifty permanent employees in respect of the last accounting period which was the subject of the last verification, it may ask the independent th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L773-26

…he Institut d'émission d'outre-mer under the penultimate paragraph of article L. 721-24"; 2° In the last paragraph of Article L. 526-17, the words: "Notwithstanding the provisions of 4° and 5° of Arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L774-26

…he Institut d'émission d'outre-mer under the penultimate paragraph of article L. 721-24"; 2° In the last paragraph of Article L. 526-17, the words: "Notwithstanding the provisions of 4° and 5° of Arti…

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

Article R312-19

…Article L. 312-19, and vice versa. III. - Without prejudice to the information provided for in the last paragraph of I of article L. 312-20, the information provided for in the last paragraph of I of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article R621-1

…ory pursuant to the sixth paragraph of Article L. 621-4. In addition to the annual accounts for the last financial year, the following documents must be attached to this application:1° The unique iden…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article R3335-2

…9 du 28 décembre 2019 de finances pour 2020; 4° The income taken into account under V to VII is the last known reference tax income. The population taken into account to determine this per capita inco…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Rent.

Article L145-38

…ond paragraphs of article L. 112-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code, which has occurred since the last amicable or judicial setting of the rent. If such proof is provided, the resulting variation in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-9

…ributions in kind not subject to valuation by a contributions auditor does not exceed half the capital. When the company is formed by a single person, the contributions auditor is appointed by the sol…

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