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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Transfer procedures

Article L1424-23-1

…1424-13 à L. 1424-19 shall be the subject of the agreements provided for therein no later than 31 December of the year following the promulgation of the law n° 2004-811 du 13 août 2004 de modernisat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-4

…olding was acquired or the guarantees granted after 8 July 1983, the date of publication of the loi n° 83-597 du 7 juillet 1983 relative aux sociétés d'économie mixte locales.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article L631-5

…gt;in article L. 412-5 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the word "départemental" and the words "the law n° 90-449 of 31 May 1990 aimed at implementing the right to housing" are replaced respectively by th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2351-1

The provisions of this Title apply to 1° European Companies with registered offices in France incorporated in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) n° 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-12

This section shall not apply: 1° In the event of the sale of the shareholding to a spouse, ascendant or descendant; 2° To companies that are the subject of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liq…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-6

This section shall not apply: 1° In the event of the sale of the shareholding to a spouse, ascendant or descendant; 2° To companies that are the subject of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liq…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-50

…he formation of a joint venture of industrial property attorneys referred to in Title II of the loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 shall give rise to the insertion of a notice in a newspaper authorise…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-40

The early dissolution of the company may only be decided by at least three quarters of the members. The provisions of articles 8 to 16 of decree n° 78-704 of 3 July 1978 are applicable. A copy of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1804 A

…commits, within five years of a settlement or conviction that became final after the entry into force of the loi n° 77-1453 du 29 décembre 1977 modifiée accordant des garanties de procédure aux contr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L946-2

…lows: I.-In the first paragraph, the order of the representative of the State in the region is replaced by a decision of the Government of French Polynesia. "II.-In the fourth paragraph, the words: "i…

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