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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L2362-7

The special negotiating body takes its decisions by an absolute majority of its members, who must also represent an absolute majority of the employees of the participating parties and of the subsidiar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Portfolio transfers between a supplementary occupational pension fund and an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R370-8

I.-The agreement of the subscriber referred to in 2° of article L. 370-7 is constituted, when the contract is subscribed by a group of employers, by the agreement of this group, when the latter repres…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1447

I. - The business property tax is due each year by natural or legal persons, unincorporated companies or trustees for their activity carried out under a trust agreement who habitually carry out a self…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-3

I.-The information referred to in I and II of Article L. 228-2 and in Article L. 228-3 is, for each security owner, as follows: 1° Those listed in items 1 (a) to 11 of Table 2 of the Annex to Commissi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-30

I.-The audit provided for in Article L. 236-42 shall be carried out within three months of receipt of the copy of the minutes of the meeting referred to in Article L. 236-9 or, in the absence of a mee…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The spouse, partner in a civil solidarity pact or cohabitee of the company director, working in the family business

Article L121-6

The collaborating spouse, when mentioned in the register of commerce and companies or, for a business in the trades and crafts sector, in the national register of businesses, is deemed to have receive…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 quindecies

Distributions and net gains relating to units in venture capital mutual funds, specialised professional funds covered by article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code in its version prior to Or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 111

In particular, the following are considered as distributed income:a. In the absence of proof to the contrary, sums made available to members directly or through interposed persons or companies by way…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Funds repayable from the public

Article L312-2

Funds that a person collects from a third party, in particular in the form of deposits, with the right to dispose of them on their own account but with the obligation to return them, are deemed to be…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article L228-35-9

A company that has issued non-voting preference shares is prohibited from amortising its capital. Repayments made prior to the full redemption or cancellation of the non-voting preference shares may b…

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