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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a judicial representative

Article A812-7

…a coefficient of 3. 6° A test lasting two hours consisting of a summary note on the European and international law of companies in difficulty produced from documents provided to candidates. The mark…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a judicial representative

Article A812-6

The examination comprises written eligibility tests and an oral admission test.The subjects of these tests are decided by the selection board.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a judicial representative

Article A812-9

The marking of the written tests is organised in such a way as to preserve the anonymity of each candidate. Each composition is examined by two markers.Each of the eligibility tests is marked from 0 t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L812-5-1-A

The court-appointed agent may practise his profession within the framework of a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, provided for in Title IV bis of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Deduction of certain social security contributions and group insurance premiums

Article 154 bis-0 A

…mes the aforementioned annual amount. Income exempt pursuant to articles 44 sexies to 44 nonies, 44 terdecies, 44 quindecies to 44 septdecies as well as the allowances provided for in articles 44 quat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Formal notices and orders to perform an obligation to do or not to do something

Article A444-20

…from the time of the customer's request, the following services are performed within a period shorter than the reference period specified in the table below, they give rise to the collection of an i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General information

Article 205 A

…ain, as a principal objective or as one of the principal objectives, a tax advantage which runs counter to the object or purpose of the applicable tax law, are not genuine having regard to all the rel…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256 A

…atus of these persons, their situation with regard to other taxes and the form or nature of their intervention.The following are not considered to be acting independently:- employees and other persons…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Sports federations

Article A131-6

With regard to the format used for publication : - the regulations must be viewable directly on screen without the need for additional software outside the browser; - they must be available for off-li…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Sports federations

Article A131-5

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