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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 sexies

…in Article L. 521-1 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code to a cooperative member takes the form of the allocation of shares in that company, taxation of the income booked in respect of these…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Minority rights

Article 388-1-2

…r who has reached the age of sixteen may be authorised, by his or her legal administrator(s), to perform alone the acts of administration necessary for the creation and management of an individual lim…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 590

…not have made during his enjoyment. Trees that can be taken from a nursery without damaging it also form part of the usufruct only on condition that the usufructuary complies with the customs of the p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Constitution and membership.

Article L1253-2

Employers' groups are set up in one of the following forms: 1° Association governed by the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association ; 2° A cooperative company within the meaning of…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
TITLE II: AID FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

Article L520-1

…ople under the age of twenty-one who fly motorised aircraft in flying clubs. This subsidy takes the form of a rebate reducing the current rate per flying hour. The flying clubs are responsible for rig…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Transnational joint entities

Article L2113-9

Where purchasers have joined a common transnational entity, constituted in particular in the form of a European grouping for territorial cooperation, the statutes or a decision of the competent body o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-59

General meetings of bondholders are convened in the same form and by the same deadline as shareholders' meetings, unless otherwise stipulated in the issue contract. A decree of the Conseil d'Etat sets…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-23-4

…sed by the opponent, the patent may be: 1° revoked in whole or in part; 2° Maintained in an amended form taking into account the amendments made by the proprietor during the course of the procedure pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-8-3

…they were applicable, on the date of its creation, to one or more of the communes from which it is formed, and only on the territory of the said communes. The same applies to the obligation to have a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Local authorities

Article L2221-11

…the establishment of an annexed budget, for drinking water and wastewater services managed in the form of a simple or direct public service, is optional for municipalities with fewer than 500 inhabi…

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