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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-5

…number of members of a board of directors or a supervisory board as provided for in articles L. 225-17 and L. 225-69 of the Commercial Code is insufficient to ensure, due to their number, the direct r…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to compensation for personal injury and property damage.

Article A421-1

…le, Paris, represented by Henri Chatel, its Chairman. IT WAS NOTED THAT : a) Laws no. 72-1130 of 21 December 1972 and no. 74-909 of 30 October 1974 amended the legislation governing the Guarantee Fund…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-10

…orementioned Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 ; b) Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 612-17 and Chapter II of Title III of this Book, a summary description of the results of prudential supe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-6

…the audit and which have not been corrected. 6. Materiality threshold: amount beyond which economic decisions or judgement based on the accounts are likely to be influenced. 7. Planning threshold: thr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-19

…inancial statements are material events that the body must be aware of in order to make an informed decision on the financial statements. When such events occur between the end of the financial year a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to pharmaceutical companies, organisations and establishments

Article R5124-45

…board, the medicines listed on the medical supplies provided for in the regulations annexed to the decree of 23 November 1987 on ship safety, on presentation of the order form provided for in divisio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article L511-6

…local civil code applicable in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, which have been declared for at least three years and all of whose activities are mentioned in b of 1 of article 200…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D47-9-1

I.-The provisions of I, II, III and IV of article D. 1er-13 are applicable to transmissions of information made pursuant to article 706-47-4. II.-The list of professions and activities exercised by th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-6-1

…udit and which have not been corrected.. 6. Materiality threshold: the amount beyond which economic decisions or judgement based on the accounts are likely to be influenced.. 7. Planning threshold: a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 5

…stration number, specifying the payment terms and specifying where the payment is to be used. >. 3. Declaration of capital gains relating to the transfer or mention in the deed of the nature and basis…

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