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

Article L226-13

The members of the supervisory board do not incur any liability, due to the acts of the management and their result. They may be declared civilly liable for offences committed by the managers if, havi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 221

1 Corporation tax is assessed under the same conditions and subject to the same penalties as income tax (industrial and commercial profits, tax regime based on actual profits or based on the simplifie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 221 bis

…when a company or other body ceases in whole or in part to be subject to corporation tax at the standard rate, profits subject to deferred taxation, unrealised capital gains included in the company'…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: MUNICIPAL SERVICES

Article L2226-1

Urban rainwater management corresponding to the collection, transport, storage and treatment of rainwater in urban areas constitutes an administrative public service under the responsibility of the mu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: MUNICIPAL SERVICES

Article L2226-2

Article L. 2226-1 is applicable to the départements of Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne and to the interdepartmental institution they have created between them when, pursuant…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Form of notifications.

Article 690

Notification intended for a legal person governed by private law or a public establishment of an industrial or commercial nature shall be made at the place of its establishment.Failing such a place, i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Form of notifications.

Article 689-1

…ade the addressee of: 1° Des envois, remises, et notifications des actes de procédure, des pièces, avis, avertissements ou convocations, des rapports et des procès-verbaux, lorsque la partie n'a pas c…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Form of notifications.

Article 691

Notifications intended for the public prosecutor and those that must be made to the public prosecutor's office shall be made, as the case may be, to the public prosecutor's office of the court before…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Form of notifications.

Article 689

…n made to a person, notification is valid wherever it is delivered, including the place of work. Service is also validly made at the elected domicile where the law so allows or requires.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Patents for invention

Article R616-1

From the day of publication, provided for in Article R. 612-39, the application for the utility certificate mentioned in Article L. 611-2, and until payment of the fee for issuing and printing the fas…

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