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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article L2512-28

…uit net de la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée prévue au D du V de l'article 16 de la loi n° 2019-1479 du 28 décembre 2019 de finances pour 2020 perçue par la Ville de Paris l'année précédente;" 2° 1° ter i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article D621-28

…of giving direct or indirect access to capital or voting rights, and at 0.15 per thousand in other cases, these rates being used to calculate the amount that is added to a fixed contribution of 10,00…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The jury

Article A212-28

…any failure to comply with the certification tests delegated to the training organisation. In this case, the regional director of youth, sport and social cohesion may ask the training body to organis…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-28

…the National Institute of Industrial Property shall transmit to the Court Registry the file of the case, which shall include the written observations and exhibits transmitted by the parties and all t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The borough mayor

Article L2511-28

…conditions provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 2122-18 et l'article L. 2122-20.In the cases provided for in Article L. 2122-17, the borough mayor is replaced by one of his or her deputie…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal regulations

Article R1423-28

…where applicable, by the restricted panel or the persons mentioned in article R. 1423-27. In this case, the time limits stipulated in the first paragraph of article R. 1423-25 and in the seventh par…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the Examining Magistrate and the Examining Chamber

Article D47-28

Where a case is referred to the Investigating Chamber pursuant to Article 706-120 when the person under investigation has been involuntarily hospitalised, the president of that court shall request fro…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Ceremony of reception into French citizenship

Article 21-28

…2, 21-14, 21-14-1, 21-15, 24-1, 24-2 and 32-4 of this code as well as to Article 2 of Act no. 64-1328 of 26 December 1964 authorising the approval of the Council of Europe Convention on the Reduction…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-28

…ccounts, shall comply with the provisions of articles L. 233-16 and L. 233-18 to L. 233-27. In this case, when their annual accounts are certified under the conditions provided for in article L. 823-9…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-28

…made available to the statutory auditors at the registered office at least one month before, as the case may be: 1° The convening of the meeting provided for in Article L. 223-26 ; 2° The deadline set…

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