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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-3

A natural mineral spring may be declared to be in the public interest. In this case, it may be assigned a protection perimeter, which may cover separate plots of land. Within this perimeter, all activ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-18

…and - determine whether there is any material uncertainty related to events or circumstances that may cast doubt on the going concern basis. 3. This standard also defines the consequences that the s…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2621-1

…the word "European" is deleted;5° Article R. 2131-1 reads as follows:"Art. R. 2131-1 -The purchaser may make known his intention to award a contract by the publication, for the contracting authority,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R773-39

…as qualified by locally applicable provisions equivalent to those implementing Regulation No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and tr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R774-39

…as qualified by locally applicable provisions equivalent to those implementing Regulation No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and tr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Withholding tax on salaries, pensions and annuities free of charge

Article 1671

…way of derogation from the third paragraph of this 2, an employer with fewer than eleven employees may opt, under conditions laid down by decree, for payment no later than the first month of the quar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Content and transmission of declarations

Article D561-32-1

…number and volume of transactions or the use of dormant or not very active companies in which there may have been recent changes to the articles of association;6° The discovery of anomalies in invoice…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article R822-33

…regulations in force; f) Procedures ensuring the management and recording of incidents that have or may have a serious impact on the quality of its account certification activities; g) Procedures ensu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery and other work equipment

Article R4313-78

…chines, for the cold working of metals, with manual loading or unloading, the moving parts of which may have a travel of more than 6 mm and a speed of more than 30 mm/s; 10° Injection or compression p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-152

…rror": an unintentional error by a healthcare professional, a patient or a third party, as the case may be, occurring during the healthcare process involving a medicinal product or a healthcare produc…

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