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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Land registration and publicity

Article 1838

…tax, ((shall be subject to dismissal in the event of complicity in the offence specified in Article 1837)) (1). (1) Amendments.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to all bonded warehouses.

Article 157

1. When a new customs-approved treatment or use has not been given by the warehouse keeper at the end of the period for the goods to remain in the warehouse set by the administration or by the Communi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special schemes and general exemptions

Article 1051

Sont soumis à une imposition fixe de 125 € : 1° Les transferts de biens de toute nature opérés entre organismes d'habitations à loyer modéré, sociétés anonymes de crédit immobilier ou leurs unions et…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: List of diplomas, professional qualifications or qualification certificates

Article A212-1

…or a specific public, or to train its participants for remuneration, in accordance with article L. 212-1, are listed in the table presented in annex II-1, in the table annexed to the order of 22 Janua…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of pharmacies

Article R5090-12

The provisions of this book relating to sociétés d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine are applicable in the overseas territories and Mayotte.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-19

The Articles of Association must provide for an age limit for the performance of the duties of director, applying either to all directors or to a specified percentage of them.Failing an express provis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-18

…uent general meeting or by the ordinary general meeting. In the case provided for in Article L. 225-16, they are appointed in the Articles of Association. Their term of office is determined by the Art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-17

A société anonyme is managed by a Board of Directors consisting of at least three members. The Articles of Association set the maximum number of board members, which may not exceed eighteen. The Board…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory

Article L251-1

…tuation is governed by this book, to leave French territory when it finds the following situations: 1° They no longer justify any right to residency as provided for by articles L. 233-1, L. 233-3; 2°…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals employed under open-ended employment contracts

Article L421-1

…mit is subject to prior possession of a work permit, under the conditions set out in articles L. 5221-2 et seq. of the Labour Code.

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