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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing certain bodies and companies

Article 1655 sexies A

…and Financial Code are treated in the same way as a professional private equity fund set up in the form of a unit trust for the purposes of this Code and its appendices and are subject to the same re…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Injunction procedures.

Article 1424-14

…e forwarded, the court registrar shall declare the European order for payment enforceable using the form provided for that purpose and shall affix the enforcement formula to the European order for pay…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-14

…committee, a multi-year service project which defines the service's priorities for action and which forms part of the contract of objectives and resources provided for in article L. 4622-10. The proje…

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

Article R223-3

…the funds arising from the payment of the shares shall be deposited on behalf of the company being formed and by the persons who have received them at the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, with a n…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 2534

…right over the said share, taken in its consistency at the time of the transfer, the price of which forms the subject of the distribution.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-16

The staff report proposals and the ratings provided for in Article R. 15-33-15 are drawn up on a form conforming to the model laid down by the Minister of Justice. They include a detailed general asse…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-14-4

…r, to the interested party. It may only be appealed to the Supreme Court if it does not satisfy, in form, the essential conditions for its legal existence.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment.

Article R131-7

…his or her own access code and that of the payee of the cheque. The query includes the following information as it appears on the cheque presented: a) The form number ; b) Precise identification of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Importation of packaged natural mineral waters

Article R1322-44-22

…rivate individual and for victualling. The same applies when it is intended for distribution in the form of samples or for consumption at special events where it is not sold. In this case, the operato…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General obligations of the project owner

Article R4215-2

…fied by a joint order of the Ministers of Labour, Agriculture and Construction. This technical file forms part of the workplace maintenance file provided for in article R. 4211-3.

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