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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the sale by auction of an immovable property

Article R742-36

…ded for by the judgment delivered pursuant to the provisions of article R. 742-28 or article R. 742-31, the forced sale is announced under the conditions provided for by the provisions of articles

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: The performance of the duties of clerk of the commercial court by the company and the members.

Article R743-133

In addition to the information provided for in article 2 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990, all correspondence and documents issued by the company must indicate its status as a company holding an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article R23-111-1

…plication of II of article L. 23-111-1, branches for which an agreement was concluded no later than 31 March of the year in which the regional cross-industry joint committee was set up or renewed are…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article R6145-38

…ot yet authorised at the close of the financial year and for which the service has been rendered at 31 December, and shall charge it to the outturn for that financial year.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies E

…d over their normal useful life. The provisions of this article apply to buildings completed before 31 December 1990 provided that they are incorporated into production facilities existing on 31 Decem…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures to boost film production

Article 916-5

For decisions to grant pre-production production aid that lapse between 1 August 2020 and 31 August 2021, the extension provided for in the second sentence of article 211-104 is extended to two years.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article D621-30

…on of 3° of II of Article L. 621-5-3, issuers liable for the contribution must declare each year on 31 March the gross amount of redemptions made in respect of the previous calendar year. For the purp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Complementary local currency certificates

Article L311-5

…ecurities may be issued and managed by one of the persons mentioned in Article 1 of Law 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy whose sole corporate purpose is this.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-46

The information transmitted by the departments or units mentioned in Article 695-9-31 to the competent services of a Member State shall also be transmitted to the Eurojust Agency and the Europol unit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Provisions common to property tax and council tax

Article 1416

…tly taxed on the initial roll are entered on a supplementary roll which may be levied no later than 31 December of the year following the year of taxation.

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