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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-10

The investigators and auditors may, for the purposes of the investigation or audit, ask to be provided with any documents, regardless of the medium used.Investigators and auditors may summon and inter…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Bearer bonds and stipulations for third parties

Article 1208

Acceptance may come from the beneficiary or, after his or her death, from his or her heirs. It may be express or tacit. It may occur even after the death of the stipulator or promisor.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Tax rates

Article 1635 quater M

I.-The rate of development tax set by a commune or a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax status may not be less than 1% and may not exceed 5%. II.-The rate of developm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-92

Each partner has a single vote. A partner may be represented at a meeting by another partner carrying a written mandate. The meeting may only validly deliberate if at least three quarters of the partn…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 73

…ount of which is capped, per twelve-month financial year: a) 100% of taxable profits, if less than €28,612; > b) To the sum of €28,612 plus 30% of the profit in excess of this limit, where it is great…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-8

No information enabling both the person who has donated an element or product of their body and the person who has received it to be identified may be disclosed. The donor may not know the identity of…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Seizure by immobilisation of the vehicle

Article L223-2

The enforcement officer with a writ of execution may seize the debtor's vehicle by immobilising it, wherever it may be, by any means that does not result in any damage to the vehicle. The debtor may a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Storage receipts

Article L522-37-3

Fungible goods represented by a storage receipt may be replaced by goods of the same nature, kind and quality. A storage receipt may be issued representing a batch of fungible goods to be taken from a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-16

Under the conditions they determine, the Articles of Association may provide that a shareholder may be required to transfer his shares. They may also provide for the suspension of the non-pecuniary ri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-5

…of any kind likely to contribute to knowledge of the person's state of health and assessment of the main parameters used for monitoring: temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and freque…

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