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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-149-3

…225-131, in 1° of Article L. 225-136, to the articles L. 225-138, L. 225-142 and L. 225-143, in the last paragraph of article L. 225-144, to the articles L. 225-145 to L. 225-147, in the penultimate p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Litigation

Article L716-4-2

…dings lapse five years after the day on which the owner of a right knew or should have known of the last fact enabling him to exercise it.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 202

…yet recovered and which have not yet been taxed is established immediately. It is calculated at the last rate used to calculate the advance payment mentioned in 2° of 2 of article 204 A. Taxpayers mus…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis HW

…vity and eligible within the meaning of Article L. 331-2 of the Energy Code, provided that, for the last financial year ended before the company entered into its first long-term supply contract, the r…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L655-2

…without a visa, unless he or she holds a valid residence permit for French Polynesia. "c) After the last paragraph, the following paragraph is inserted: "When the foreign national is admitted to resid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article L2313-1

…is attached to the administrative account only;3° An aggregated presentation of the results for the last known financial year of the commune's main budget and annex budgets. This document is attached…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Seizures of property

Article 706-152

…he property, who may refer it to the investigating chamber under the conditions provided for in the last two paragraphs of Article 99. The proceeds of the sale are deposited. In the event of dismissal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Security period

Article 720-4

…Court has decided to increase the security period to thirty years pursuant to the provisions of the last paragraph of Articles 221-3 and 221-4 of the Penal Code, the sentence enforcement court may onl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-4-1

…nd to enable the application of the treatment referred to in the third paragraph, on the other. The last paragraph ofArticle L. 2141-3 does not apply to pre-implantation diagnosis authorised under the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-3-1

…equal to the lower of the following two rates: a) The average French government bond rate over the last twelve months, calculated on 1 November of the previous year; b) The latest average French gove…

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