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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R223-20

…unication instead of postal dispatch to comply with the formalities provided for in articles R. 223-18 to R. 223-20, R. 223-20-2 and R. 223-20-3 submit the proposal to the members either by post or by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D12

When, in application of article 18 (third paragraph), a judicial police officer travels outside the territorial limits where he normally carries out his duties, he must give prior notice to the public…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R322-43

…plus income of mutual insurance companies operating in one or more of the classes mentioned in 1 to 18 of Article R. 321-1 is distributed among the members in accordance with the conditions laid down…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxes

Article 1519 G

…d to electrification mentioned in article 1451 are exempt from the tax mentioned in I in respect of 2010.III. - The amount of the tax is set on the basis of the voltage upstream of the transformers on…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R211-2

…number. The non-profit-making associations or organisations mentioned in b of III of article L. 211-18 must include their name and address on their documents, as well as the name, address and registra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-19

…supervise an investment service provider benefiting from the regime provided for in Article L. 532-18-1, the competent authorities of the home country to which it belongs may require its branches est…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Information on the payer and beneficiary accompanying transfers of funds

Article L722-19

…f the activities punishable by the offences referred to in I of Article L. 561-15, customs officers may temporarily detain it in accordance with the procedures set out in the second, third and fourth…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R713-14

…the results of the elections; II. II - To carry out these operations, the chairman of the committee may request the assistance of the territorial chamber of commerce and industry or, where appropriate…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-4-2

…rom their supervisory authority, bodies governed by public law within the meaning of Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5223-2

…the declaration referred to in the previous paragraph, and shall promote its proper use.Advertising may not present a risk to public health. It may not, under the conditions laid down in Article 7 of…

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