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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article R775-18

…32-4No. 2020-1148 of 17 September 2020R. 532-6n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 532-8-1n° 2021-941 of 15 July 2021R. 532-8-2 and R. 532-8-3n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 532-10n° 2020-1148 of 17 Septem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1663 bis

…y, a partner in a liberal practice company mentioned in Article 2 of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of the liberal professions subject to legisla…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Shareholdings in companies

Article L3231-6

…ates, current account advances at market prices and under the conditions provided for in Article L. 1522-5. By way of derogation from the conditions laid down in the same Article L. 1522-5, the durati…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Referral to the conciliator and examination of the claim

Article R141-19

…request for conciliation is submitted after the expiry of the time limit set out in Article R. 141-15, the Chairman of the Mediation Conference may invite the other party to take part in an optional…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-14

Subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 612-15 and if it has received a filing date, the patent application shall give rise to the drawing up of a search report on the elements…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 4 - Automatic processing of personal data for the purpose of establishing the biological profile of athletes referred to in Article L. 230-3

Article R232-41-9

…access and rectification may be exercised with the latter under the conditions set out in Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016. The data controller has two months in which…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Profits

Article L232-17

…distribution has been made in breach of the provisions of articles L. 232-11, L. 232-12 and L. 232-15; 2° If the company establishes that the beneficiaries were aware of the irregular nature of this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-12

…the Accounting Officer, are governed by a collective agreement. Notwithstanding law no. 52-1322 of 15 December 1952, as amended, instituting a labour code in the overseas territories, the collective…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to patient care provided in another Member State of the European Union

Article R1111-55

…are those contained in the periodic summary provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 1111-15 drawn up by the patient's attending doctor.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R490-7

…e intends to request information from the European Commission pursuant to the provisions of Article 15(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on…

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