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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IVa: Certain regulated tariffs

Article L444-1

…the services of judicial commissioners, court-appointed administrators, court-appointed agents and notaries are governed by this Title. Also governed by this Title are the fees and emoluments of lawy…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Departmental committee for direct taxes and turnover taxes

Article 1651 A

…For the determination of non-commercial profit, the taxpayers' representatives are appointed by the professional organisation or body concerned.For the determination of turnover, the same rules apply…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5151-4

…ng account information system, including data from the citizen commitment account; 2° Data from the professional prevention account information system; 3° Personal data freely entered by the account h…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS FOR INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION

Article L5210-1-1

…l coverage of the territory by public inter-municipal cooperation establishments with their own tax status and the elimination of enclaves and territorial discontinuities. II. - This plan also sets ou…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal protection

Article 433

The judge may place under court protection a person who, for one of the reasons set out in Article 425, needs temporary legal protection or representation to perform certain specified acts. This measu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 87

…soned order, which the interested party may appeal. If a civil party's claim is contested after the notice of the end of the investigation provided for in Article 175, it may not be examined either by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 147

In all cases, release with or without judicial supervision may be ordered ex officio by the examining magistrate after receiving the opinion of the public prosecutor, on condition that the person unde…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Decision of the departmental cinematographic development commission

Article L212-10-1

…nutes shall indicate the vote cast by each member. The State representative in the département does not take part in the vote. II - The Commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique (Depar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-53

…curities or securities giving access to the capital, where the provisions of Article L. 22-10-54 do not apply. The Board of Directors or the Management Board shall decide in accordance with the third…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Disputes concerning transfer decisions to the State responsible for examining the application

Article L572-5

Where the transfer decision is notified without the foreign national being placed under house arrest or in detention, the matter may be referred to the president of the administrative court within fif…

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