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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Other offences.

Article L654-8

Any person mentioned in article L. 654-1, to take any action or make any payment in breach of the provisions of article L. 622-7; 2° For any person mentioned in article L. 654-1, to make a payment in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Statutory Auditors.

Article L820-4

…tanding any provision to the contrary: 1° It is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros for any manager of a person or entity required to have an auditor to fail to cause the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L4421-4

…ode, to the specialised commission for new tourist units provided for in article 7 of the loi n° 85-30 du 9 janvier 1985 relative au développement et à la protection de la montagne et à la commission…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-84

…ording device pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2022/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on a pilot scheme for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology, and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article D15-3

…If necessary, he may be represented by a delegate authorised in accordance with articles R. 15-33-30 et seq., and specially designated by him for this purpose. In accordance with the provisions of A…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Crédit Mutuel Agricole et Rural.

Article R512-26

…ks are authorised to form. The Confédération nationale du crédit mutuel mentioned in article L. 511-30 is the central body of this network. By delegation from the Confédération nationale du crédit mut…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Compagnie Nationale and the regional companies

Article R821-26

Before 30 September each year, the Compagnie Nationale shall send the Haut Conseil the activity declarations referred to in V of Article R. 823-10. In the event of non-compliance with this obligation,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders

Article A526-7

The descriptive statement of business assets provided for in II of article D. 526-30 and intended for publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales contains the following i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 234 decies A

…egistration duties provided for in articles 736 to 741 bis for the period running from 1 January to 30 September 1998, must enter, on the declaration provided for in article 170 relating to 1999, the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other duties and taxes

Article 1019

…oved under the conditions provided for in the fifth paragraph of article 42-3 of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to freedom of communication is subject to a tax based on the value of the…

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