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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article D4311-7

I. - Pursuant to Article L. 4311-1-1, the President of the Regional Council shall present to the Regional Council an annual report on the situation with regard to equality between women and men in the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Inter-regional centres specialising in environmental and public health offences

Article 706-2

I.-The territorial jurisdiction of a judicial court may be extended to the jurisdiction of one or more courts of appeal for the investigation, prosecution, inquiry and, in the case of misdemeanours, t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 763-3

During the period of socio-judicial monitoring or during imprisonment when the person sentenced to socio-judicial monitoring must carry out this measure following a custodial sentence, the sentence en…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Competent administrative authorities

Article R*732-4

The administrative authority competent to assign a foreign national to residence, pursuant to 7° or 8° of article L. 731-3 or article L. 731-5 is the Minister of the Interior.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: Applications for relief from prohibitions, disqualifications, incapacities or publication measures

Article 702-1

Any person subject to a prohibition, disqualification or incapacity or to a publication measure of any kind resulting ipso jure from a criminal conviction or pronounced in the judgment of conviction a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article R711-70

I-The departments of CCI France, regional chambers of commerce and industry and territorial chambers of commerce and industry are headed by a Director General, placed under the authority of the Presid…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 787 B

Sont exonérées de droits de mutation à titre gratuit, à concurrence de 75 % de leur valeur, les parts ou les actions d'une société ayant une activité industrielle, commerciale, artisanale, agricole ou…

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

Article R221-7-1

The report referred to in Article L. 221-7-1 shall be made available to the public on the company's website within eight months of the end of the financial year and for a period of five years.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Examination of the appeal

Article R212-7-31

The decision of the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique, signed by its Chairman, is notified, within two months, to the Minister for Culture, to the applicants and to the author of th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 72 E

The capital gain realised on land during the exchange transactions mentioned in 5° of II of article 150 U is not included in the taxable profit for the current financial year. In the event of a subseq…

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