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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commercial development commissions

Article R751-3

…fect of the département of the commune of establishment determines the number of elected representatives and qualified personalities from each of the other départements concerned called upon to comple…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Termination of the contract

Article L2395-1

…ce of the contract cannot be continued without a modification contrary to the provisions of Chapter IV.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of works and objects to which copyright or related rights are attached

Article R331-15

…of the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique designated pursuant to IV of Article 4 of Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication of the action ta…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection IV: Special provisions for the register of associations

Article 30-17

…onths before the date of the deliberations provided for in the first three paragraphs of article 79-IV of the local civil code applicable to the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle.It conta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-3

…ution may order a person referred to in 1°, 4°, 9° and 10° of A of I of Article L. 612-2, a class 1 bis investment firm or, with the exception of firms referred to in 2° of I of Article L. 613-34 whic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-4

…ences mentioned in II of this article, handed down against a person whose professional or social activity involving habitual contact with minors has been established in the course of the investigation…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1586 ter

I. - Natural or legal persons as well as unincorporated companies and trustees for their activity carried out under a trust agreement who carry out an activity under the conditions set out in articles…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-3

…ppropriate, by the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1°, 1° bis and 1° ter of article 21, may inspect vehicles travelling or stopped on the public highway or in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 260 CA

…sons and non-taxable legal entities likely to benefit from the provisions of 2° of I of Article 256 bis may, at their request, pay the tax on their intra-Community acquisitions. The option takes effec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 1: Development tax

Article 1635 quater K

…and the communes may, by a decision taken under the conditions provided for in VI of article 1639 A bis, increase the flat-rate value mentioned in 6° of article 1635 quater J up to €5,000. The flat-ra…

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