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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article D123-208-01

I.-The transactions modifying the structure of the balance sheet mentioned in article L. 123-28-1 are: 1° A significant cash inflow or outflow; 2° The allocation to or reversal of a provision for liab…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1765

…s L. 221-30, L. 221-31 and L. 221-32 or articles L. 221-32-1, L. 221-32-2 and L. 221-32-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code is not met, the plan is closed, under the conditions defined in 2 of II of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article R753-11

I. - The articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article R752-10

I. - The articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: RESIDENCE ASSIGNMENTS

Article L732-4

When the house arrest has been decreed pursuant to 1°, 2°, 3°, 4° or 5° of article L. 731-3, it may not exceed a period of six months.It may be renewed once, within the same time limit. However, in th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of control officers

Article R411-5

…ioned. It is also terminated by reasoned decision of the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée when the conditions provided for in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-40

I. - The National Sanctions Committee may impose one of the following administrative sanctions: 1° A warning ; 2° a reprimand 3° A temporary ban on exercising the activity or exercising managerial res…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking and recording offences

Article L425-4

Checks are carried out under the following conditions: 1° In any place where training, events or competitions organised or authorised by approved sports leagues are taking place, as well as training o…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XVI: Controls on cash transported by bearer or forming part of a consignment without the intervention of a bearer to or from abroad.

Article 464

…ber State of the European Union, shall be declared to the customs authorities under the conditions set out in Articles L. 152-1 to L. 152-1-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Economic interest groupings.

Article L251-19

The economic interest grouping is dissolved: 1° By the expiry of the term; 2° By the achievement or extinction of its object; 3° By the decision of its members under the conditions provided for in Art…

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