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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 220 quater

…the voting rights attached to the units, shares or voting right certificates of the created company;2° The created company must hold more than 50% of the voting rights of the acquired company;3° On th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Special provisions applicable to privatisation operations

Article 248 E

When securities, mentioned in Articles 5 and 6 of Law no. 86-912 of 6 August 1986 or the profit participation certificates referred to in amended Article 1 of the same law, appear on the balance sheet…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of the ballot for the election of members of the Board of Directors

Article A211-2

…e establishment on the day of the ballot are eligible to vote and stand for election in colleges 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7. Staff on availability, long-term leave or parental leave may not take part in the bal…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R712-24

…n, drawn up in accordance with the conditions laid down in the decision referred to in Article R. 712-26. It may be specified that the renewal is valid only for certain goods or services designated in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: RULES FOR THE FORMATION AND PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS

Article R222-2

In the case of voice telephony communications, the identity of the supplier and the commercial nature of the call initiated by the supplier shall be indicated unequivocally at the beginning of any con…

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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 R153-2

…the departmental council are replaced by the reference to the territorial council of Saint-Martin; 2° The references to the mayor are replaced by the reference to the president of the territorial cou…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-26

I.-A request by members to exercise their right of withdrawal provided for in Article L. 236-40 shall be made within ten days of the date of the decision referred to in Article L. 236-2. This request…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VII: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Article D6371-2

…as a basis for calculating the amount of transfers of charges in accordance with Article D. 6371-1;2° Verification, for each competence transferred, of the concordance between the amounts appearing i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-20

…article R. 5139-17, in particular the procedures for keeping them and the information they contain; 2° Par arrêté des ministres chargés de la recherche et de la santé, les titres de formation et l'exp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 bis

…fit of a university foundation, a partnership foundation mentioned respectively in articles L. 719-12 and L. 719-13 of the Education Code or a company foundation, even if the latter bears the name of…

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