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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-2

…ned in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 225-28, L. 225-29, first paragraph, and L. 225-30 to L. 225-34 of the Commercial Code.The Articles of Association may not make the election to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6241-21

No later than 31 December of the year preceding that for which the apprenticeship tax is due, the State representative in the region draws up and publishes the list of courses provided by the establis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Building and public works companies out of work due to bad weather.

Article L5424-17

In the event of late payment of contributions and late filing of wage declarations used as a basis for contributions, contributions due and unpaid or corresponding to declarations not filed on time wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Terms and conditions of engagement.

Article R4532-17

Except in the case of operations undertaken by a private individual for his or her own personal use, as provided for in Article L. 4532-7, no person may act as coordinator unless he or she possesses t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 quindecies

…xceptional depreciation is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the Eur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-21

…or creating and closing the shared medical record provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 1111-14, the conditions for implementing the information provided to holders about the opening of th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Explanations provided to borrowers and assessment of their creditworthiness

Article R341-21

…y who fails to comply with the pre-contractual information formalities prescribed in article R. 313-11 and relating to the advisory service is punishable by the fine laid down for 5th class offences.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-17

…hen the Commission considers that one of the persons mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 1142-14 or a biomedical research sponsor is liable, the notice sent to the claimant specifies that h…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Calculating individual income

Article 117

…unt of distributions as it results from the declarations of the legal entity referred to in Article 116, the latter is asked to provide the administration, within thirty days, with any additional info…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-21

…inued by the debtor, who exercises the prerogatives devolved to the administrator by Article L. 631-17 and makes the notifications provided for in the second paragraph of II of article L. 631-19. The…

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